A protest sign advocating for intersectional feminism that includes trans people (Charles Hutchins via Creative Commons)
In recent years, a new term has entered the world of everyday speech: TERF. The initialism stands for “trans-exclusionary radical feminist” and refers to people who describe themselves as feminists but who exclude the rights of transgender people, particularly trans women, from their women’s rights advocacy.
These views can manifest in many ways, for example stating that trans women are not women, pushing for the exclusion of trans women from women’s spaces, and also opposition to trans rights legislation such as the US Equality Act or the UK Gender Recognition Act.