Women-Only' Spaces That Exclude Trans Women Lead Us Down This Awful Path - Everyday Feminism
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What have you heard about excluding transgender women from so-called “women-only” spaces? People have different ideas about why cis-women-only spaces are necessary, but their ideas come from assumptions and misunderstandings about how power and privilege work. This comic shows how excluding trans women is not okay, and why it's transphobic to do so.
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Women's services: a sector silenced - Sex Matters
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The lesbians who feel pressured to have sex and relationships with
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Of course trans women are part of
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Women-Only' Spaces That Exclude Trans Women Lead Us Down This
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What Life Is Like for Wives of Trans Women -- The Cut
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Opinion How British Feminism Became Anti-Trans - The New York Times
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There is so much more for us to worry about than men masquerading
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The Trans Swimmer Who Won Too Much
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Women-Only' Spaces That Exclude Trans Women Lead Us Down This
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Trans Women Are Women. It's Time to Move Past Harmful Debate
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Our Feminism is Trans Inclusive. Action Canada for Sexual Health
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Event Ending Gender-Based Violence: A 10-year Retrospective
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5 Things to Know to Make Your Feminism Trans-Inclusive - Human
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Trans Women and Cis Women Are Different, And That's OK