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'''Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs)''', also known as '''Trans-Exclusionary Radicals (TERs)''' or '''Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobes (FARTs)''', are transphobes who justify their transphobia under the guise of feminism. TERFs are known for hatred of [[Transgender|trans]] women particularly. |
'''Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs)''', also known as '''Trans-Exclusionary Radicals (TERs)''' or '''Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobes (FARTs)''', are transphobes who justify their transphobia under the guise of feminism. TERFs are known for hatred of [[Transgender|trans]] women particularly. |
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TERFs often prey on young, uneducated gay people (particularly [[Lesbian|lesbians]]) to indoctrinate them into their ideology. Because of this there is a large age discrepancy in TERF groups. Older TERFs (usually around their 30s) have been kicked out of local real life LGBT+ spaces due to their transphobia, so they turn to the internet to spread their bigotry. They often target young (around 12-15) lesbians who likely do not have access to real life LGBT+ spaces, and are therefore less educated on LGBT issues and are easier to manipulate. To those not familiar with TERF ideology it can be difficult to spot it, as TERF mask their bigotry with the guise of feminism. They will often make statements about "men", if one did not know that person is a TERF one would not assume that statement actually meant trans women. By hiding what they're actually saying, behind more innocuous statements they can get people to agree with them and from their can indoctrinate them into their way of thinking. |
TERFs often prey on young, uneducated gay people (particularly [[Lesbian|lesbians]]) to indoctrinate them into their ideology. Because of this, there is a large age discrepancy in TERF groups. Older TERFs (usually around their 30s) have been kicked out of local real life LGBT+ spaces due to their transphobia, so they turn to the internet to spread their bigotry. They often target young (around 12-15) lesbians who likely do not have access to real life LGBT+ spaces, and are therefore less educated on LGBT issues and are easier to manipulate. To those not familiar with TERF ideology it can be difficult to spot it, as TERF mask their bigotry with the guise of feminism. They will often make statements about "men", if one did not know that person is a TERF one would not assume that statement actually meant trans women. By hiding what they're actually saying, behind more innocuous statements they can get people to agree with them and from their can indoctrinate them into their way of thinking. |
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== TERF Ideology == |
== TERF Ideology == |
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