The term "TERF," which stands for "trans-exclusionary radical feminist," was coined by a cis radical feminist.
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Terf
//tɚf//
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French
1 entries- TERF noun (trans-exclusionary radical feminist)
Spanish
2 entries- TERF noun (trans-exclusionary radical feminist)
- terfa noun (trans-exclusionary radical feminist)
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Instead of saying TERF, say transphobe, because many of them (such as Posie Parker) are openly anti-feminist.
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Dear “A Lesbian Democrat” Your TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) agenda and what it represents is no better than the bigoted regressive agenda of the religious right.
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At the further extreme TERF’s^([sic]) actively promote the message that banning trans women from feminist gathering implies—that trans women are not really women at all.
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