Tag: TERFs

For many decades now, transgender communities have used the term “transphobic” as a catch-all adjective to describe language, actions, attitudes, and/or people that delegitimize or disparage us. The word certainly serves an important purpose, as it allows us to identify the many things o...

My sixth-grade bully, Angela, thought the most hurtful name she could call me was “man hands.” For weeks, Angela tortured me with snide remarks about my “manly” hands, how I “manhandled” everything I touched, and how I was big and clumsy, and unfeminine. Thi...