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In reply to the discussion: So they wanted to "mend fences" [View all]

Grokenstein

(5,872 posts)
10. CIS and TERF
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 05:12 PM
Oct 2021

The most familiar acronym is TERF. From Wikipedia:

TERF is an acronym for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. First recorded in 2008, the term originally applied to the minority of feminists espousing sentiments that other feminists considered transphobic, such as the rejection of the assertion that trans women are women, the exclusion of trans women from women's spaces, and opposition to transgender rights legislation. The meaning has since expanded to refer more broadly to people with trans-exclusionary views who may have no involvement with radical feminism.

And as for CIS:

Cisgender (sometimes cissexual, or shortened to CIS) describes a person whose gender identity is the same as their sex assigned at birth. The word cisgender is the antonym of transgender. The prefix cis- is not an acronym or abbreviation of another word; it is derived from Latin meaning "on this side of."

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So they wanted to "mend fences" [View all] IngridsLittleAngel Oct 2021 OP
There is a TERF contingent here and they get away with impunity AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2021 #1
Yes there is IngridsLittleAngel Oct 2021 #2
anti-LGBTQ sentiment has targeted me here Dalton555 Oct 2021 #4
did you alert on them Skittles Oct 2021 #18
Many of us have... IngridsLittleAngel Oct 2021 #21
put them on Ignore Skittles Oct 2021 #24
You should NEVER MuseRider Oct 2021 #3
We have been. We all have been.. IngridsLittleAngel Oct 2021 #6
I am so sorry to see this. MuseRider Oct 2021 #8
i quit . what is cis AllaN01Bear Oct 2021 #5
CIS and TERF Grokenstein Oct 2021 #10
no need to quit Skittles Oct 2021 #17
Thanks for posting, IngridsLittleAngel.. Permanut Oct 2021 #7
+ 1 nt pazzyanne Oct 2021 #13
You're welcome IngridsLittleAngel Oct 2021 #22
Keep speaking up IngridsLittleAngel. MLAA Oct 2021 #9
Thank you Wild blueberry Oct 2021 #11
Sadly, this is not a Liberal or Progressive space. PurgedVoter Oct 2021 #12
Excellent post! pazzyanne Oct 2021 #14
Ill tell you exactly how you should feel about it Eko Oct 2021 #15
They don't understand how we feel vercetti2021 Oct 2021 #16
Because it has to be said... Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 #19
I follow Lynda on Facebook... IngridsLittleAngel Oct 2021 #23
FWIW EarlG Oct 2021 #20
I haven't been on DU lately... uriel1972 Oct 2021 #25
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