The transphobic “Gender Critical” war-on-inclusivity harms cis people, too.

Joelle Tori Maslak
9 min readJun 12, 2022

You’ve seen the tweets. Some brand, hospital, medical association, or influencer on social media talks about “pregnant people,” “people with cervixes,” or “people who menstruate.” Immediately after the post goes live, an army of transphobic “gender criticals” scream that women are being erased.

But, are they?

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Joelle Tori Maslak

Programmer (🦋, 🐪, & 🐍), Gender Traitor & Shape Shifter ⚧, Geek 📚, Christian ✝, Motorcycle Rider 🏍️ , Puppy Parent 🐾, Wife 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩.