LGBTQ feminism

approach to feminism influenced by lesbian movement

thumb|upright=1.2|A symbol used to represent transfeminism

In feminist theory, heteropatriarchy (etymologically from heterosexual and patriarchy) or cisheteropatriarchy, is a social construct where (primarily) cisgender (same gender as identified at birth) and heterosexual males have authority over other cisgender males, females, and people with other sexual orientations and gender identities. It is a term that emphasizes that discrimination against women and LGBT people is derived from the same sexist social principle.

2004 book by Christopher N. Kendall