Wherein TERFs support death threats and violence

TERFs are falling over themselves because Fallon Fox has been beaten in the ring just once and like all MMA fighters, she boasts about her victories. TERFs, in order to pretend that this equates to male violence against women, equivocate about her MMA career in order to claim that Fox is a part of the violent patriarchy. They use this equivocation to make the assertion that trans women, acting on the instruction of an as yet, undefined ‘trans ideology,’ are violent men. A trans TERF got the vapors over this and @’ed me on twitter, demanding that I explain my apparent support of male violence.

What follows is my response and the TERF response…

My Response:

You’re getting the vapors over rumours & MMA, stay silent about actual TERF violence. Typical. @GenderCoping @GenderMinefield @MiriamAfloat

— transadvocate (@transadvocate) September 19, 2014

The TERF response

Oh, and then there’s this:

Note that there is ZERO condemnation regarding the IRL violent history of the TERF movement and there’s ZERO desire to actually confront The Second Closet:

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Cristan

Cristan Williams is a trans historian and activist. She started one of the first trans homeless shelters and co-founded the first federally funded trans-only homeless program, pioneered affordable healthcare for trans people in the Houston area, won the right for trans people to change their gender on Texas ID prior to surgery, started numerous trans social service programs and founded the Transgender Center as well as the Transgender Archives. Cristan is the editor at the social justice site TransAdvocate.com, is a long-term member and previous chair of the City of Houston HIV Prevention Planning Group, is the jurisdictional representative to the Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention Services (UCHAPS), serves on the national steering body for UCHAPS and is the Executive Director of the Transgender Foundation of America. View all posts by Cristan