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TERF

[ turf ]

noun

, Disparaging.
  1. trans-exclusionary radical feminist: an advocate of radical feminism who does not believe that transgender people's gender identities are legitimate, and who is hostile to the inclusion of trans women in the feminist movement.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of TERF1

Coined in 2008 by Australian feminist writer Viv Smythe as “a deliberately technically neutral description”

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