Ok first off please be kind to me, as this is likely something others have considered and I am asking from genuine curiosity, not to try and make a point.
With the judgement on what is a woman, I like most people I know thought, oh well, that seems pretty common sense really. I don’t know any trans people and it’s not an issue that’s ever impacted me personally. I understand the arguments about women’s only spaces etc.
The only women’s only space I really use is a communal changing room in the gym. I wouldn’t like it if a man walked in claiming he ‘identified as’ a woman and used that as an excuse to bother me or others whilst we were showering. I get that. I also understand that there are trans women who have transitioned and look for all intents and purposes as female and that those people should now find another space to get changed i guess (?) as the female changing space should be female only. I’m tracking this so far.
Where I get lost is trans men, ie: born as women, now identify as men. Many have hairy beards, and identify as straight, ie: fancy women. Now as they were born women, does this mean they have as much right to the ladies changing room as me? Because I’m not sure how I feel about that. And ironically would this increase cover for creepy cis-men who want to go leer at ladies in the shower as they can just lie and claim to be trans men who were born female. In other words, would it actually make it easier for bad men to access female spaces as it’s harder to check? Ie: if a big beardy fella comes into the changing rooms and claims he identifies as female, i’d hope common sense would preside and we’d all kick him out. But if same beardy fella comes in and says he was born female… what then 🤯