Varieties of TERFness

Varieties of TERFness

Highlight of the introduction

Hostility towards trans people and their human rights is not a new phenomenon. In feminist circles, such animosity has been present since at least the 1970s and can be found in activist, academic and institutional settings. Over the past decades, it has been met with multiple responses from trans, feminist and transfeminist activists and scholars, creating a rich and complex field of investigation. Nonetheless, discussions on trans participation in feminist spaces and anti-trans hostility have never fully disappeared, as documented by research, for example, on the Michigan Festival or the Latin American Feminist Encuentros. Furthermore, such antagonism has recently gained a new momentum, spreading across the world with tremendous force.