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Whose Feminism Is It Anyway? The Unspoken Racism of the Trans Inclusion Debate

Koyama, Emi·2020·The Sociological Review
DOI 10.1177/0038026120934685
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This essay was first published on Emi Koyama’s website eminism.org in 2000. Koyama examines how constructs of universal womanhood have operated to exclude many from feminist spaces. Much of the language surrounding trans identities and bodies has changed in the 20 years since its authorship. Yet, the central tensions, illustrated through a critical account of the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival’s trans-exclusion policy, remain. Koyama’s powerful argument that ‘no-penis’ policies are inherently racist and classist continues to offer an important challenge to white feminists, be they trans or cis.

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  • White female vulnerability is frequently used to argue against transgender rights.

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Authors
Koyama, E.
Affiliations
Independent scholar, USA
Corresponding author
Koyama, Emi
Venue
The Sociological Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2020-07
Volume
68
Issue
4
Pages
735-744
ISSN
  • 0038-0261 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-954X
DOI
10.1177/0038026120934685
OpenAlex
W2953241765
Cited by
113
References
10
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
FWCI
13.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
The Sociological Review (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
Keywords
transgender inclusion, racism, feminism, white feminism, classism, transgender women

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