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  • Racism

    Any behavior, action, or belief system that intentionally or unintentionally degrades, victimizes, dehumanizes, and/or harms an individual of a marginalized racial group, including the false belief that a person’s temperament, intellectual abilities, talents, etc., are dependent on their race. Racism may consist of overt actions, statements, and/or institutional practices; it may also involve unconscious biases…

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  • Radfem

    Slang term for TERF, or trans-exclusionary radical feminist.

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  • Read

    Refers to someone observing an individual’s appearance to determine one’s gender identity. Reading may be considered invasive (see: clocking).

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  • Real-Life Experience

    A form of medical gatekeeping that requires transgender individuals to present full-time as their true gender for a designated amount of time before receiving a clinical diagnosis of gender dysphoria or pursuing medical transition (see: DSM-5). When Dawn transitioned twenty-five years ago, her therapist asked her to present for a full year as her actual…

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