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==Trans-feminism==
==Trans-feminism==
'''Trans-feminism''' is a form of intersectional feminism that seeks to understand how transgender people, especially trans women, are affected by sexism, and to fight for their legal and social rights.  
'''Trans-feminism''' is a form of intersectional feminism that seeks to understand how transgender people, especially trans women, are affected by sexism, and to fight for their legal and social rights.
 
''The Transfeminist Manifesto'', written by Emi Koyama, states two primary principles of transfeminism:
 
{{quote|First, it is our belief that each individual has the right to define his or her own identities and to expect society to respect them. This also includes the right to express our gender without fear of [[discrimination]] or violence. Second, we hold that we have the sole right to make decisions regarding our own bodies, and that no political, medical or religious authority shall violate the integrity of our bodies against our will or impede our decisions regarding what we do with them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eminism.org/readings/pdf-rdg/tfmanifesto.pdf|title=The Transfeminist Manifesto|last=Koyama|first=Emi|date=26 July 2001}}</ref>}}


==Transgender-exclusionary feminists==
==Transgender-exclusionary feminists==
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