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Lesbian kicked out of launch event for lesbian housing project for wearing a "terf" t-shirt - Berlin

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IwantToRetire · 10/09/2026 19:01

... a woman unknown to me came up to me and asked me, “May I ask you something?” Oh dear, I thought, she's going to ask me questions about age and disability now. I was on the road with my crutch and the shopping wheelchair as a support and can only run slowly and fluctuating.

She then pushed me to the edge of the aisle and said, “Could you please cover up your T-shirt, it makes someone feel discriminated against.” I was totally baffled.

The T-shirt shows a picture of Emmeline Pankhurst and the inscription TERF IS THE NEW PUNK. I have put on this T-shirt for several years and often, so far someone has never complained, occasionally people thought it cool and wanted to have it.

https://queernations.de/wegen-terf-t-shirt-ausgeschlossen/

(The original article is in German and the browser translated version is a bit odd in places)

Terf

Wegen TERF-T-Shirt: Ausgeschlossen im Namen der Inklusion - Initiative Queer Nations

Bei der Eröffnung eines neuen inklusiven Lesbenwohnprojekts in Berlin wurde eine Besucherin wegen eines T-Shirts mit dem Slogan "TERF is the new punk" von der

https://queernations.de/wegen-terf-t-shirt-ausgeschlossen

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Nomdemare · 10/09/2026 19:08

Heterosexual, gender critical woman here. I have to be honest - I hate the term ‘terf’ and wouldn’t contemplate wearing a top/holding a tote or canvas bag that bore these words.
There are more clever and articulate ways to look and sound cool!

IwantToRetire · 10/09/2026 20:21

Nomdemare · 10/09/2026 19:08

Heterosexual, gender critical woman here. I have to be honest - I hate the term ‘terf’ and wouldn’t contemplate wearing a top/holding a tote or canvas bag that bore these words.
There are more clever and articulate ways to look and sound cool!

That's not the point is it.

She wasn't kicked out for not being "cool".

She was kicked out for being overtly gender critical.

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TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 10/09/2026 21:32

Nomdemare · 10/09/2026 19:08

Heterosexual, gender critical woman here. I have to be honest - I hate the term ‘terf’ and wouldn’t contemplate wearing a top/holding a tote or canvas bag that bore these words.
There are more clever and articulate ways to look and sound cool!

Way to make something all about you dude.

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