University of Bristol -Banning ‘Transphobic Feminist Speakers’
Australian author and feminist Germaine Greer at the 2006 Humber Mouth Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Banning ‘Transphobic Feminist Speakers’ Back in the U.K. , another headline declared, “ University of Bristol students vote to ban ‘ transphobic feminist speakers.’” Yes , University of Bristol students have voted to no platform trans exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs) from speaking on campus. TERF is an acronym for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist, who claim that trans women are not women and argue that they have male privilege . So, famous feminists like Germaine Greer and Linda Bellos would likely be banned from campus for being “trans exclusionary.” How dare they argue that a biological male who later “transitions” to female is not a real female, or, at the least, cannot relate to the lifelong experiences of a female? What a bigoted transphobic point of view! And it is other feminists who are pushing the ban. I can only shake my head in