The transfeminist movement, which has emerged forcefully in society in
recent years, has significantly transformed traditional feminism,anchored primarily in the goal of gender equality, challenging the
binary order and thus enacting a radical critique of patriarchy. The
establishment and expansion of transfeminist and queer movements is
increasingly essential in the face of intensifying patriarchal
oppression in the current era, in which, in various parts of the world,
its ties to religious oppression are increasingly strong. In Italy, the
Meloni government has enacted specific patriarchal and familist
legislation to support birth rates within the traditional family.
Familism and the defense of the traditional, sexist, and hierarchical
family, however, are not solely the legacy of the reactionary right; a
familism also exists in the tradition of the left. Patriarchy represents
one of the fundamental cruxes of social oppression.
The exploitation of dominant sexual bodies over dominated sexual bodies
predates capitalist exploitation and cannot be overcome automatically by
overthrowing capitalism, but only through a transformation of social
relations that parallels the simultaneous economic and social
transformation. The gender issue is not something to be resolved
"afterward." We reject a two-track politics. We reject any form of
binarism that, with the rigid division of roles based on male and female
sexes, represents, based on a presumed naturalness, the justification
for the hierarchy on which patriarchy is founded. We believe that
transfeminism represents a space for a radical critique of patriarchy,
where anarchism can express its content by effectively connecting with
ongoing struggles and promoting demands corresponding to prospects for
real social change through libertarian methods. However, there are some
critical issues, not unique to the transfeminist movement, which can
sometimes be identified in an identitarian positioning (not generalized
but still widespread) that tends to grant legitimacy to intervention
only to those experiencing specific oppressions, relegating others
deemed "privileged" to a position of uncritical support. We believe this
delegitimization must be dismantled to affirm, against all
identitarianism, an inclusive and plural universal and to continue to
affirm the practice of solidarity, forging meaningful alliances. It is
important to proceed with a process that allows for an anarchic,
original, and revolutionary approach to reflection on gender, promoting
concrete initiatives that seek to further radicalize transfeminist
struggles and demands. We therefore recognize the need to adopt a
transfeminist critique in the various campaigns and interventions that
the FAI may decide to launch within the context of various social
struggles, as well as to promote transfeminist action against the
specific sexist policies implemented by the government, which
increasingly consolidate the division of labor based on gender,
discrimination, and the denial of freedom of choice over one's own body.
This includes, for example, policies on birth rates, the fight against
abortion, contraception, and sexual education, the cuts to social
services, and the security-based response to sexual violence, fueled by
a rape culture based on the domination of bodies. The increasing
militarization of society also reinforces a macho model based on
hierarchy, oppression, brutality, and the cult of strength. We intend to
proceed collectively as a Federation along this path as well.
The intersectionality often emphasized in today's transfeminist debate
is part of the anarchist perspective, when we grasp the connections
between the various issues that determine oppression and exploitation
without establishing a hierarchy of problems and solutions. Our
perspective is that of social revolution, of the radical transformation
of the existing order, to be achieved through the simultaneous
transformation of all relationships.
Italian Anarchist Federation - Empoli Conference, September 20-21, 2025
https://federazioneanarchica.org/archivio/archivio_2025/20250922empoli.html
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