Original sentence: Feminists with exclusionary views have been referred to as "TERFs" (short for trans-exclusionary radical feminist).Some people who do not support trans inclusion consider the term "TERF" a slur.The term "TERF" (sometimes capitalized "terf") was coined by feminist Viv Smythe, also known as "tigtog" on the blog Hoyden About Town, in August 2008
Edited sentence: Feminists with exclusionary views have been referred to as "TERFs" (short for trans-exclusionary radical feminist), although they object to that term and prefer alternate terms such as "gender critical" feminists.The term "TERF" was coined by feminist Viv Smythe, also known as "tigtog" on the blog Hoyden About Town, in August 2008.Those who do not support trans inclusion refer to themselves as gender critical, and object to the word "TERF" or "terf", calling it inaccurate (citing, for example, their inclusion of trans men as women), and argue the term is a slur or even hate speech