LGBTQIA+

TERF Wars and Trans Erasure

Adapted from an academic paper on the radical feminism erasure of the transgender community in Australia

Adapted by author from image purchased on Deposit Photos

Disclaimer: The following article is adapted from a paper written by the author submitted to Swinburne University for subject SOC10004 in part towards the award of a Bachelor’s Degree in Media and Communications. I re-injected my personality here because, yeah, I have opinions!

CW: Academic representation of TERFy ideologies.

TERFs hide behind the banner of feminist theory and yet their feminist approach is of exclusion and fear. They claim to fear men, and yet exclude women.

Radical Feminism Erasure of the Transgender Community in Australian Contemporary Society

Let’s slide down this slippery slope of discussion.

Gender is a strangely contentious descriptor. In contemporary Australian society, feminism has been a powerful driver of equality and women’s liberation; however, there is a disparity between feminist theory and feminism when discussing the transgender…