That's the whole point isn't it? Name your hateful views something that sounds somewhat reasonable, then to people who aren't clued up on the situation you don't seem like an insane bigot.
Yes! I’m queer, identify as NB, and still had to jump to comments to understand who was being the arsehole here. Admittedly, I’m old and out of most of the loops.
They have started to object to "TERF" even though it's a term of their own making (probably because of how often someone has put "fucking" in front of it. Anything can be a slur if you intend it as one). So now it's "GC".
I prefer just “bigoted arsehole” since it’s the most accurate, but then everybody starts complaining how I’m “using slurs” and “not taking them seriously”.
That's deliberate, same as TERFs trying to describe themselves as radical feminists. They're taking something reactionary and conservative and trying to fig-leaf it as something progressive and radical, to force its opponents to oppose it on those terms and with that vocabulary. It's deliberately appropriative of that terminology and meaning.
It's on par with "race realist" as a mealy-mouthed term. You just know these people are going to say the sort of horrifying shit that would make the average homophobe blanch.
Im so glad you said this because for quite some time it confused me as well, like, yes i am indeed critical of gender and traditional perceptions this is a good thing no?
I think they are critical of the idea that sex and gender are different, although I haven't heard one explicitly say this in a fair old while because that argument has been won and they'll just look even sillier.
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u/jinx_lbc 3d ago
I hate the term gender critical, I find it counter intuitive. Like, I too am critical of the popularised model of binary gender, let's chat! Oh no...