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Whose feminism is it anyway? The unspoken racism of the trans inclusion debate
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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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Metadata
- 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
- OpenAlex
- W2953241765
- Cited by
- 113
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 13.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- 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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