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Title: Racist Feminism at the National Women's Studies Association
Post by: Natasha on June 29, 2008, 07:34:00 PM
Racist Feminism at the National Women's Studies Association

http://eminism.org/blog/entry/41
6/28/2008

"Diana was invited to a women's retreat in the Oregon forest, which after she accepted the invitation instituted a "no penis" policy banning transsexual women who had not have sex reassignment surgery from attending. She declined to participate, but held a workshop on trans issues outside with the
help of non-trans allies. The workshop was successful, but a rumor was
spread shortly thereafter alleging that she trespassed on the women-only retreat and exposed herself. It was obviously false, but extremely hurtful."