In this MA thesis, I analyze the trans-exclusive radical feminism (TERF) movement as a reactionary social movement with the aim of pointing out the necessity of a broader anticapitalist coalition that includes trans, feminist and LGB struggles. I critically approach the basic assumptions of three feminist currents in the Anglophone context: liberal, radical and Marxist/socialist, and analyze how they explain the relationship between gender, capital and the state and their unequal progressive potential. The latter is important for understanding the context and symptomaticness of the emergence of the TERF movement. I deconstruct exclusionary narratives that presents itself as scientific and/or self-evident and analyze them through three main points: the universalist conception of women, biological essentialism, and the representation of trans existence as a threat. Finally, I argue that trans and feminist struggles are complementary and outline the direction progressive gender politics might take today. Small reforms earlier feminist approaches advocated for obstruct formation of a broad social platform insisting on tranforming society. I conclude that feminist theory and practice, to be truly emancipatory, must be anchored in anti-capitalist critique, build alliances with other progressive movements, and insist on radical social change.