Update: article is back up after being suspended temporarily. Gotta hand it to Medium Staff — they were quick about fixing the problem! Credit where credit is due and all that.

It seems like they have fully aligned with the idea that TERF is hate speech, and a slur. Let’s just forget all the horrible and disgusting things TERFs say about trans people. Let’s focus on the label that small marginalised group have given to those beating them down every day. Good fucking work Teespring.com.

Funnily enough though… You know what actual slurs still exist on the platform? Tranny does.

And boy oh boy is there a lot of results for it! Mostly making fun of dudes who give head to trans women. Which you know… is totally above board and not at all hating on someone because of their sexual orientation, or their gender identity. Except for how its exactly that. I guess Teespring must not have anything about that in their rules or policies? Right?

Well shit. It looks like a lot to items on your store need to go down.

As for whether these rules should apply to TERFs? No. Not only does the word TERF function much like the word racist; in describing a personal whose beliefs and behaviours are themselves hateful. But also it has literally nothing to do with the person being hateful’s age, race, gender/gender identity or sexual orientation.

The word TERF simply describes someone who uses radical feminist rhetoric to argue for trans exclusionary policies. Such as banning us from using women’s bathrooms and rape shelters. Yes. Rape shelters. TERFs would literally rather throw rape victims under the bus than help them; if they were unlucky enough to have a Y chromosome. And you want to call us the hateful ones?

Being a TERF isn’t a protected category; neither is being a racist. Unless you’re on Teespring… apparently?