The lib dem candidate knocked on my door first. Asked what I was concerned about in the local area. I did ask about womens rights and was told "we can't affect anything national only local". I pointed out that men getting into women only spaces was as much a local issue as a national one. It was weird, she went from being open and chatty to and almost zombie like "but trans women are women". I hadn't even said the word trans!
There was a big group of Tory canvassers later. So I asked the chap who knocked on my door the same questions. We were broadly on the same page in that we didn't want anyone to be discriminated against for how they present themselves, but that women only spaces needed to be kept so. He told me confidently that only trans women who have had "the works" (his words) done would be allowed in womens spaces. When I told him that this was not true and even getting a GRC doesn't require it he was actually quite shocked. Promised to pass my questions up the command chain.
I wish I had the confidence a lot of you have, I'm actually feeling quite twitchy now, having had actual face to face conversations. I'm also looking at my postal vote and wondering where to put my X.