Chapter 4: TERF Wars
The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
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Transgender Dysphoria - The Feminist Argument
Proposed change would allow people to alter their legal sex or gender based largely on their self-declared gender identity. It was a change some trans people wanted, in part because they felt that the need for a diagnosis was stigmatizing. The feminist argument was that some level of gatekeeping was necessary in order to safeguard single-sex spaces. Some feminists worried that predatory males would take advantage of these requirements to harm women and girls.
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