Creating Local "TERF" Communities
ATTENTION: GC women and Radfems in San Francisco: Let's Meet Up!!
San Francisco women have had enough!
As much as gender ideologists and activists try to silence us, they failed. GC women refused to be cancelled. And in San Francisco—the epicenter of gender madness, the dystopia where women’s rights are being categorically destroyed in real time—GC women are finding each other and building their network. Today, we bring you the story of SF TERF Central. Below is the story of how this small group of brave women are finding support for one another in real life, and how you can become a part of them if you’re in the Bay Area.
Join SF TERF Central
If you’re live in the San Francisco / Bay Area, and are interested in joining these amazing women, please email bernsmagdalen2022@gmail.com
Earlier this year, I was in the same place emotionally as many TERFS: feeling alone, isolated, scared...not knowing how to meet up with other TERFS in the San Francisco/Bay Area.
But, then I heard about the Independent Council on Women's Sports (ICONS) conference in Las Vegas in June of this year: it advertised terrific panels & presentations by iconic/Olympic gender critical (GC) female athletes (Martina Navratilova, for one) & GC academics/ scientists (Emma Hilton, Carole Hooven, Ross Tucker, Collin Wright).
It also was an event that spanned two days and provided plenty of time to socialize...plenty of time to seek out...meet TERFS from my own neighborhood.
ICONS even hosted and paid for a Happy Hour networking cocktail session...which was MUCH appreciated. In any case, there at the conference, I met three TERFS from California. One of them actually lived in San Francisco, and... we really clicked.
We were equally passionate about fighting the excesses of gender ideology, and, after the ICONS conference, we met up again in San Francisco, and decided to start holding our own TERF "Happy Hours"...meetups in bars in the city when cocktails would be cheapest.
My partner in TERFERY created a special Twitter account, @SF_TERF_CENTRAL, I created another, @SF_Terferella... accounts with names that indicated our SF/Bay Area location, and started to advertise our new group on Twitter.
We also kept a look out for TERFS who posted on Twitter and Ovarit who appeared to be from California…particularly the SF/ Bay Area. We Tweeted 'hello', and indicated a desire to DM them. They usually responded positively.
We then would arrange a phone call to get to know newcomers before inviting them to the next in-person SF_TERF_CENTRAL Happy Hour.
For added security, my partner or I would arrive early to case the venue for unexpected “guests.”
And, that's how it started.
Again, the important points for starting such a group are:
1) Travel to TERF-themed conferences, rallies, events that provide socializing opportunities and are not too far from your home.
Las Vegas, for instance, is not that far from San Francisco: it’s not that surprising to find 1-2 other Bay Area residents at a Las Vegas conference.
2) Actively seek out TERFS at the conference who live close to your home, and learn if they’d be interested in forming an in-person group.
3) And then, once you've found a TERF or two local to your area, arrange a meeting soon after the event (I recommend Happy Hour cocktails...obviously) to determine what everyone is most passionate about and what type of TERFERY you all want to focus on...and proceed from there.
This approach worked for us: so far 20 women have attended our SF_TERF_CENTRAL Happy Hours, and some (but, not all) of them are engaged in TERF activism.
The list below from the SF_TERF_CENTRAL newsletter shows our activities over the past 2 months.
Again, if you’re live in the San Francisco / Bay Area, and are interested in joining SF_TERF_CENTRAL, please email bernsmagdalen2022@gmail.com
SF_TERF_CENTRAL Activities
a) On Sept 29th, SF_TERF_CENTRAL held 4th Happy Hour gathering, a picnic under redwood trees at Yerba Buena urban park in downtown San Francisco with six members + delightful toddler present.
b) On Oct. 1st, one member attended community meeting for State Assembly Rep, Phil Ting (District 19). After Ting announced new task force was working on standardizing understanding of hate speech/hate incidents for police/ justice institutions across California, member publicly asked if, in future, request for adult human female carer in one's own home to provide intimate care for sick/vulnerable women might be considered hate incident or even hate speech. Assembly Member Ting said that he did not know.
c) On October 8th, two members participated in "First Do No Harm"/ "Unity" Rally at Anaheim Convention Center, protesting American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP's) insistence that gender affirmation care is ONLY treatment model for trans-identifying kids/ sidelining own members' resolution (Resolution 27) for independent, systemic review of evidence for this model.
d) One member designed, printed, and began to distribute copies of an SF_TERF_CENTRAL postcard outlining TERF beliefs and displaying QR code linked to page of excellent sources and scientific citations. This is a work in progress: more info to follow.
e) On Oct 22nd, SF_TERF_CENTRAL was represented by 4 members at the SF "Let Women Speak" Rally, hosted by prominent U.K. TERF, Kellie-Jay Keen (KJK) and held at same venue (Noe Valley Courts)/ same time as CA State Senator Scott Wiener's Halloween Pumpkin Carving / Drag Queen judging Contest targeting kids. Additional excitement ensued as KJK literally chased departing Wiener, shouting after him, "Why are you sterilizing children?"
f) One member wrote to SF Chronicle columnist, Heather Knight, urging her to tackle gender identity movement from neutral or even gender critical framework.
f) One member attended pre-trial administrative proceedings in Alameda County Courthouse (in Oakland, California) for Reed-Wright-Diambu homicides / Dana Rivers trial; one member attended 1st day (October 31st) of trial/opening statements and has been tweeting descriptions of proceedings ever since.
g) On Oct 24th, 5th SF_TERF_CENTRAL Happy Hour Occurred at Wild Side West Bar in Bernal Heights with five members present.
San Francisco resident. Lifelong liberal, long time Democrat disgusted by her party prioritizing made-up gender identities over the health, well being, and sex-based rights of girls and women.
Has degrees in technical field (worked in electrical engineering) and international relations (worked as interpreter), and was a member of the Longshoreman's Union (worked sorting fish -- cod, hake, sole -- up in the Bering Sea and along the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington).
Avid fan of Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey - Maturin novels...historical fiction about the British navy during the Napoleonic era.
In short...just a "girly" girl.
Follow her on Twitter @SF_Terferella
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We need to have these in multiple states.