I thought this was an interesting article. 10 years ago Argentina passed the world's first law allowing trans people to change legal gender on demand. There were/are concerns that this would put women at risk.
Officials say data shows no rise in violence against women.
"We haven't had situations of violence from our travesti and trans sisters," said Candelaria Botto of Ecofeminita, one of the country's most prominent feminist groups. Other feminist groups FEIM, ELA and Colectiva La Revuelta agreed.
Greta Pena, a senior policy officer at Argentina's equality ministry, said there was no evidence of any rise in violence against non-trans women since the law was passed.
The article also says that one trans woman (of 12,655 who changed their legal gender) was convicted of sexual abuse and cites 2 instances (over a 10 year period) of men 'abusing the loophole' to go to women's prisons.
www.openlynews.com/i/?id=21757767-4909-4844-922f-41903ff042f8
Obviously there are differences between Argentina and the UK. The differences between life expectancy for trans people here Vs argentina seem stark, with those in Argentina sadly dying much earlier and having less access to employment.
I'd be interested to hear thoughts - whether people find this reassuring, or not relevant at all.