A-Infos (en) Italy, FAI: Motion approved: Anarchy and Transfeminism BREAK DOWN PATRIARCHY, SHATTER GENDER, LIBERATE BODIES (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

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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