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  • TERF is an acronym for 'Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists'.

    May 14, 2014

  • A war of words has broken out between some transgender activists and women they call TERFs (trans-exclusionary radical feminists) about who should be let into women-only spaces, from domestic-violence refuges to women’s literary and sports competitions.
    Making Sense of the Culture War over Transgender Identity, The Economist, Nov. 16, 2017

    November 22, 2017