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{{Further|Gender-critical feminism}}
 
The subreddit {{proper name|r/GenderCritical}}, which had 64,400 users, described itself as "Reddit's most active [[Feminism|feminist]] community" for "women-centred, [[Radical feminism|radical feminists]]" to discuss "gender from a [[gender-critical]] perspective". Described by [[Jillian York]] of the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] as "a subreddit where [[Transphobia|transphobic]] commentary has thrived",<ref>{{cite news |title=Reddit banned a pro-Trump subreddit. Here's what that means for hate speech. |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/reddit-banned-pro-trump-subreddit-here-s-what-means-hate-ncna1232797 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |work=NBC News |last=York |first=Jillian}}</ref> the subreddit frequently hosted posts asserting that [[Trans woman|transgender women]] are not women.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dilkes |first=Jane |date=2024-01-01 |title=Rule 1: Remember the human. A socio-cognitive discourse study of a Reddit forum banned for promoting hate based on identity |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/09579265231190344 |journal=Discourse & Society |language=EN |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=48–65 |doi=10.1177/09579265231190344 |issn=0957-9265 |quote=An r/GenderCritical topic relating to the specific gender critical concern of ''gender_identity'' was found to contain the metonymic acronyms ''tim'' (trans-identifying male), and ''tif'' (trans-identifying female), that represent the specific gender critical stance that trans women are still men, and trans men are still women, where metonymic language, and acronyms, may typically be used to stereotype, and denigrate, an outgroup.}}</ref> On June 29, 2020, the subreddit was "banned for violating Reddit's rule against promoting hate".<ref>{{cite news |title=Reddit just banned its viciously transphobic 'gender critical' page amid vigorous crackdown on hate speech |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/29/reddit-bann-transphobia-gender-critical-page-hate-speech-donald-trump-steve-huffman/ |access-date=August 14, 2020 |work=PinkNews |date=June 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Opinion {{!}} Reddit just banned a pro-Trump subreddit. Why users shouldn't be worried (yet). |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/reddit-banned-pro-trump-subreddit-here-s-what-means-hate-ncna1232797 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |work=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How Reddit kicked off a day of bans for Trump and the far right |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/29/1004622/how-reddit-kicked-off-a-day-of-bans-for-trump-and-the-far-right/ |access-date=August 15, 2020 |work=[[MIT Technology Review]] |date=June 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/GenderCritical/ |title=Reddit - Dive into anything}}</ref> After {{proper name|r/GenderCritical}} was banned, several of its users migrated to Ovarit, a [[TERF|trans-exclusionary radical feminism]]-centered website similar to Reddit.<ref name="Tiffany"/>
 
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