Name/TitleSticker: Women Only
About this objectSmall rectangular sticker with a purple background featuring the words 'WOMEN ONLY' in large letters and the following text below: "This is a single sex [underlined] service under the Equality Act 2010. Please respect the privacy of women and girls. ask the equality and human rights commission for guidance on legal protections for single sex services." Maker unknown.
Date Madec.2023
Period2020s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 49 x W: 70 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsGender Critical
Subject and Association Keywordsgender & sexuality
Subject and Association KeywordsFeminism, feminist movement
Subject and Association DescriptionThis sticker was one of a set posted on and around the main entrance to Glasgow Women's Library by Gender Critical activists in response to trans rights placards on display at an Open Archive event on Saturday 25th November 2023: https://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/open-archive-protest-placards.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_views_on_transgender_topics:
Feminist views on transgender topics vary widely. Third-wave feminists and fourth-wave feminists tend to view the struggle for trans rights as an integral part of intersectional feminism. Former president of the American National Organization for Women (NOW) Terry O'Neill has stated that the struggle against transphobia is a feminist issue, with NOW affirming that "trans women are women, trans girls are girls." Several studies have found that people who identify as feminists tend to be more accepting of trans people than those who do not. An ideology variously known as gender-critical feminism, or trans-exclusionary radical feminism, is critical of the concept of gender identity and various transgender rights, holding that biological sex characteristics are an immutable determination of gender or supersede the importance of gender identity: in other words that trans women are not meaningfully women, and trans men are not men. These views have been described as transphobic by many other feminists. Some authors, such as Julia Serano and Emi Koyama, have founded a stream within feminism called transfeminism, which views the struggle for the rights of trans people and trans women in particular as an integral part of the feminist struggle for all women's rights.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeSticker
Object numberGWL-2023-110-3
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved