Name/TitlePostcard: Trans Women Are Male
About this objectPostcard addressed to Glasgow Women's Library, with a first class stamp but no postmark. The reverse bears an anonymous message:
XX ≠ XY
Female ≠male
Woman ≠ man
Trans women are male [underlined]
Please report this as a NCHI [non-crime hate incident]
MakerAnonymous
Date Made2024
Period2020s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 112 x W: 138 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsGender Critical
Subject and Association Keywordsgender & sexuality
Subject and Association KeywordsFeminism, feminist movement
Subject and Association DescriptionThis postcard was received by Glasgow Women's Library on Tuesday 2nd April 2024.
https://www.equality-network.org/our-work/policy-team/hate-crime-in-scotland:
On 1st April 2024, new hate crime laws came into effect in Scotland. This article outlines what this means for LGBTI+ people. The new legislation is called the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021. It was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2021, but has only now come into effect [continues].
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 TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2024-26
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved