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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Terf signals/colours

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hurdigurdi · 24/03/2025 07:48

Do you wear anything like a badge, scarf etc or carry anything (such as a key ring or visible sticker on something) that signals your terfiness?

I was thinking of making something in suffragette colours to wear or use but just looking for ideas.

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anyolddinosaur · 28/03/2025 16:12

Although I dont call myself a terf if anyone else does I point out I'm tired of explaining reality to fantasists - although I may use the shorter fools in future. I've never warn badges but I'm very tempted by the etsy dinosaur with the books.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 28/03/2025 16:24

I wear two badges on my school lanyard - one in suffragette colours and a dinosaur one. I doubt anyone knows why though!

lcakethereforeIam · 28/03/2025 17:55

I'm in two minds about 'terf', I think I'd use it more as a verb than a noun and I have a fondness for the terven.

I wear a RSPB wren badge on my hat, have a bag and a t-shirt from Grimbut gerbils.

Grammarnut · 03/04/2025 23:35

Era · 25/03/2025 10:33

I don't think thats true. I go ballistic if my teen sons refer to me as a TERF (which they do periodically to wind me up). I am a feminist. I am gender critical.

There is a massive difference between people who believe you cannot change sex and trans women do not belong in female spaces and that you cannot and should not compel speech but that they can crack on and dress how they want (as long as it isn't sexually explicit in public) i.e "gender critical" and those who believe that the whole concept of being trans is wrong and that people who are trans should not be afforded the same basic human rights as everyone else and can therefore be discriminated against ("TERFs")

I am absolutely not a TERF. It absolutely is a slur.

You can't redefine a word that is in common usage and is used to shut women up and make reasonable gender critical views look to be the unreasonable position. It's a fanciful as saying you're changing the meaning of the word "cunt". You may well say female genitalia is wonderful and so you're taking as a compliment but the rest of the world knows it hasn't been used in that way.

I think transpeople should be able to wear what they like (not explicit stuff in public) and I also believe men have no place in womens spaces, places etc however they identify. Terf as a slur means trans exclusionary rad fem. I am not a rad fem and nor am I trans exclusionist (indeed, I count transmen as women, poor souls). When I use it I see it as meaning someone opposed to the misogyny and homophobia of the trans movement. I see why you do not like the term and prefer GC, however.

The13thFairy · 06/04/2025 17:15

hurdigurdi · 24/03/2025 07:48

Do you wear anything like a badge, scarf etc or carry anything (such as a key ring or visible sticker on something) that signals your terfiness?

I was thinking of making something in suffragette colours to wear or use but just looking for ideas.

Dinosaur and witch brooches.

Dominoodles · 06/04/2025 17:44

CurlewKate · 24/03/2025 08:26

I have some antique suffrage jewellery. I’ve been asked by some younger friends not to wear it.

Really? That's insane. Modern connections aside the suffragettes fought for women's rights and should be respected.

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