Feminists and lesbians who try to create "womyn-born-womyn" safe space, like that at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, often exclude male to female transsexuals because of the belief that the upbringing of these individuals makes them misogynists despite their appearance as women. These policies leave male to female transsexuals with few safe spaces where they can escape the misogyny and that dominate their lives.

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Fighting Misogyny

Many groups are active in fighting misogyny, both as an individual belief and as a cultural construct. These groups include feminist organizations, queer movement groups, and many other networks devoted to fighting for equality of all people in society.

However, the ability of these groups to make positive changes is limited by the dominance of misogynist ideologies in society. These ideologies are inculcated from early childhood, as boys play games where girls are considered to have "cooties" or when boys who are not good at sports are called "sissies" and told that they "throw like a girl." In order for misogyny in society to diminish, not only do popular culture and politics have to be less discriminatory and degrading towards women, but the patterns of childrearing and education also have to change.

Butch-femme identities are controversial and difficult to define with precision, but both roles subvert prescribed gender and sexual expectations; ultimately, the butch-femme dynamic is a unique way of living and loving.

Combining elements of incongruity, theatricality, and exaggeration, camp is a form of humor that helps homosexuals cope with a hostile environment.

A recent arrival in the drag arena, drag kings are part of an international drag movement that emerged in London and San Francisco in the mid 1980s.

Hate Crimes are crimes towards persons or groups motivated by the victim's race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

Patriarchy, literally "the rule of the fathers," is a social system in which men hold positions of power and women are oppressed and glbtq people are treated negatively.

"Transgender" has become an umbrella term representing a political alliance between all gender variant people who do not conform to social norms for typical men and women and who suffer political oppression as a result.