Talk:TERF glossary

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Recent revision to lesbophobia[edit]

I 'm not a lesbian so I can't speak to this but, I don't know about that last change, just lopping out information. I'm going to revert it. --PhoxyDude (talk) 03:35, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Dogs are TERFs[edit]

This is an interesting one, as I distinctly remember around the turn of the century, a bunch of trans people commented how dogs can tell you'd switched hormones before other people can, likely because they can smell your BO changing before any of the visible changes are prominent enough to notice. This seems like another instance of transphobes boldly claiming the exact opposite of the truth, instead of just ignoring it. ZoeB (talk)

I've also seen claims from trans women that dogs who are wary of men were fine with them even pre-hormones. I wonder if it's often demeanor or personality more than gender. Chillpilled (talk) 00:57, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Transsexual?[edit]

Recently there has been a push by transgender people, even those who are not transmedicalists to reclaim the word Transsexual. Perhaps it would be wise to mention that in the bit on Transsexual — Unsigned, by: 130.88.226.5 / talk

I find that entry paints too broad a brush. I'm not sure how to rewrite it to reflect the fact that what it says actually is often true, but that there are notable exceptions. I know Julia Serano is anti TERF and self identifies as transsexual. The idea that the term has completely died out as a self identifier except among transmedicalists and self-haters is a misconception. Chillpilled (talk) 16:03, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

"trans trans" seems to be the new one.[edit]

Just saw it on TikTok, where they were "demanding to have their pronouns respected", but they dropped the mask fairly quickly, calling themselves cis and doing the whole fox news anti-trans spiel. — Unsigned, by: 147.129.174.74 / talk / contribs

Cotton ceiling being defended?[edit]

The criticism should be centred over the issue being overblown and/or the TERFs hyper focusing on it to spread their agenda further. The actual term is fucking vile, rapey nonsense. There is no “phenomena” of not wanting to have sex with someone because you deem them undesirable as a physical partner, for *any* reason. Drawing any sort of parallel with something genuinely harmful such as workplace discrimination based on gender is outrageous. Yet this article in its current state makes it abundantly clear that the “cotton ceiling” is a valid concept, which is bullshit. Why is this never aimed at men, by the way?86.158.253.180 (talk) 20:27, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Should we add 'Transwoman'?[edit]

It might seem innocuous, but the missing space is working overtime; Though a lot of times it is simply a genuine mistake, when TERFs use it, it's used to imply that Trans Women aren't women. TheOneAndOnlyCirrusMan (talk) 21:13, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

I think this spelling used to actually be standard, you're correct the more "moderate" TERFs use this though now. Chillpilled (talk) 21:26, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
You could add it, though do also mention that context matters (it could easily just be an honest rookie mistake), its use as a dogwhistle really is that subtle. --Goatspeed. Stalk meCircularREmail2.gifasoningSee what I've been messing around with 17:05, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
I added it a bit ago. Chillpilled (talk) 17:50, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
And now I'm already thinking about removing it because it's so commonly used as a non-dogwhistle. But, more generally, I feel the glossary needs more entries and I'm just not sure what to add. Chillpilled (talk) 00:15, 9 December 2023 (UTC)