One Bad Apple Doesn’t Make The Whole Barrel Bad

Does a hand few TREFs make the whole movement transphoblic?

Are Pussy Hats exclusionary?

Those two questions come to mind are reading…

The Women’s March was ‘made unsafe’ by TERFs’ transphobic signs and pussy hats
The Women’s March has sparked outrage with transphobic signs and exclusionary pussy hats.
Pink News
By Josh Jackman 
22nd January 2018

Feminist, pro-equality, anti-Donald Trump marches took place across the world over the weekend under the Women’s March banner, on the anniversary of the first of these rallies.

But they were dogged by controversy and accusations that they were unsafe for transgender people after a poster proclaiming that “TRANS WOMEN ARE MEN” went viral.
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The hats are said to limit the idea of a woman to those who have vaginas.

So the first question does one sign in a sea of signs that are non-TREFs signs mean that the whole movement is anti-trans?

I believe the answer is no, one bad apple doesn’t taint the whole barrel. I have been to two Women’s March rallies in Hartford and I found not one transphoblic sign. And I found the opposite to be true, the Connecticut March organizers are very supportive of trans people they have included us all the way, with speakers and inviting trans organizations to come to their events to table. Saturday I sat at the CTAC table, at the vendor rallies last year we were invited to table at their events in Hartford and New London.

I doubt very, very much that the hats were the result of a conscious effort to exclude us. I believe that one person made a hat and another woman thought it was a great idea and it took off virally as part of the movement.