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Radfems have been peddling exclusionary & divisive rhetoric within the queer community since the 70s. They've fostered anti-trans/bi/queer/ace narratives in order to weaken us & undermine the unity of the wider queer community.
Here are some receipts...
Here are some receipts...
The first image below are replies/reblogs to the 'hey ace exclusionist genderists post.
The second is a receipt of someone confirming they were recruited to radfem/teRF ideology via ace discourse.
The third image is a bi person noticing a link between biphobia, aphobia & teRFs
The second is a receipt of someone confirming they were recruited to radfem/teRF ideology via ace discourse.
The third image is a bi person noticing a link between biphobia, aphobia & teRFs
Radical feminist recruitment is a process. People don't go to sleep supporting trans people and wake up a full-blown TERF. Its a process. It begins for a lot of people by a radfe'm finding some 'weak spot' or 'chink' in someone's armour where they're open to excluding ppl.
It may be bisexuals, or a subset of trans people (truscum, transmeds, enbyphobes). Increasingly it's ace/aro people. The arguments radfems push to justify their exclusion will mirror arguments teRFs use to exclude trans ppl: 'males/straight ppl trying to invade our safe spaces'
One someone bites for one identity, the same arguments can be extended/applied to other groups: 'stargenders & non-binary pretenders want to fake their way in', 'queer is too inclusive, has become meaningless, is a slur .. queer theory is a joke .. LGB(T) is the full acronym.'
Historically radfems argued that bisexual women had to 'pick sides'. Were they on the side of their cisters or not? Men are the enemy. If you're open to sleeping wih the enemy, you're a traitor and not committed to your (radical lesbian) feminism.
Bi was treated as ''invalid.'' You're either ''enjoying straight privilege'' by ''choosing the other side'' or you're not. Which side are you on? Exclus treat aro/ace as an 'irrelevant identity', not inherently queer, in the same way bis were judged on ''who they partnered with''
Rhetoric used against bi, trans and aro/ace is portable.
''X is an irrelevant identity; they are really straight/enjoying straight-passing privileges; they are oppressors trying to sneak their way into our safe spaces; they are a threat; for our safety they must be excluded!''
''X is an irrelevant identity; they are really straight/enjoying straight-passing privileges; they are oppressors trying to sneak their way into our safe spaces; they are a threat; for our safety they must be excluded!''
I am not sure whether to post examples - I may post one with names redacted - but if you search through some Tumblr blogs, you can see the radicalisation process taking hold over time....
I have screengrabs from one person who ID'd as queer & pansexual, who was pro-ace inclusion. She took feminist studies, became interested in radfem, read books & met a famous radfem academic, and subseqently made posts very hostile to queer, pan & ace. Now IDs as radfem lesbian
From "aces are queer & deserve our support" and "queer has been successfully reclaimed and I never hear it used as a slur" to "Queer is a slur and an ideological plague against lesbians" in the time it took to finish reading a book and meet its author.
