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TERFery
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English
Etymology
From en TERF ery.
Noun
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The state or quality of holding trans-exclusionary feminist views.
en TERFdom
en 19 December 2019 christapeterso 1207838486352539648 Christa Peterson can't stop thinking about all these British ladies that apparently need the smelling salts because a judge ruled that TERFery isn't an equality act PROTECTED CHARACTERISTIC akin to disability, race, sex, religion or sexual orientation https://web.archive.org/web/20220826023715/https://twitter.com/christapeterso/status/1207838486352539648 26 August 2022
en J. K. Rowling J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/ 10 June 2020 But accusations of TERFery have been sufficient to intimidate many people, institutions and organisations I once admired, who’re cowering before the tactics of the playground. https://web.archive.org/web/20261010121304/https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/ 10 October 2026
en 23 October 2021 AnaMardoll 1451956056624713728 Ana Mardoll We're doing the usual road from "just asking questions" to "trans are being mean to me" to full-blown terfery and at this point can we just skip to the end? https://web.archive.org/web/20220703223529/https://twitter.com/AnaMardoll/status/1451956056624713728 3 July 2022
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Usage notes
See notes at en TERF.
en Gender-critical feminism Transgender