gringos:
what they literally cite as their source:
“A feminist collective set up tents and has been protesting outside the Congress of the State of Mexico since March 8. They lit the door on fire this past Saturday. According to a video they livestreamed themselves, they did this after a man coughed on them with no mask and tried to physically assault them and then proceeded to throw rocks, bleach, and water at them from the roof of the building.”
and why are they being called terfs? here’s what the collective, raices radicales, says about what’s been happening:
they organized a march for women’s day denouncing the erasure of women. they were against congress passing a gender identity law (that would allow trans people to change their sex on their birth certificates in a straightforward way) before they addressed the demands women have been making for decades, especially with regards to abortion and the high rates of femicide in the state of mexico (one of the most dangerous for women in the country).
they also decided to set up tents outside congress to demand reproductive rights and were met with state violence (tear gas etc) and hostility from the general population. several women were threatened and/or physically assaulted (by congresspeople as well as civilians) while police watched and did nothing to stop it. trans collectives started protesting outside the building several days later, pressuring congress to pass the gender identity law. some of their members also harassed the feminists, including an underaged girl.
since then, they have continued to suffer sexual and physical harassment as well as derision from the press while they continue to demand their rights.
it’s because they’re going full mask off. The TRAs-who-are-actually-MRAs can’t resist bashing actual feminism, which is a ‘threat’ to their normal no matter what
