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Would a biological woman identifying as a trans woman be accepted in the trans community?

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quickquestion12345 · 07/11/2025 18:54

Just curious really if this is something that happens. And if not, what the argument (by trans people) would be against it. Sorry if it’s been covered before. Just been working through some stuff in my head and started to wonder about this!

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quickquestion12345 · 09/11/2025 14:32

@Slightyamusedandsilly ok that’s interesting. I had got the impression that biological women wouldn’t be accepted as identifying as transwomen. But genuinely it isn’t something I know much about!

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Slightyamusedandsilly · 09/11/2025 14:24

Of course. Because cis women are women and so are trans women. So they're all just women.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 09/11/2025 14:22

arcticpandas · 07/11/2025 19:00

If you are born a woman but define yourself as a male and then change your mind- that would be trans woman then?

No, you'd just be a woman.
Which is what you were to start with.

quickquestion12345 · 09/11/2025 14:20

@Coconutter24 Yes I guess it depends on how you define transition. Because there is no physical change required with transition as it is understood now from man to woman. So a female could transition to a transwoman as that is how she feels.

Is it supposed to work like this?

There is an umbrella term of ‘woman’ and within this there are sub categories of transwoman and biological woman. These two categories cannot become each other. (Although I realise there have been transwomen calling themselves biological women.) Transwomen experience particular challenges due to the fact they are trans. Biological women are privileged due to not being trans. (Although some will be trans men.)

So within this framework, presumably biological women can discuss and campaign on issues that affect only them as a sub category of women? And set their own boundaries? And meet as this particular group? And request services that are based on sex? Why would this be bigoted because by default they are a separate category as they are not transwomen.

All of this involves redefining the word woman of course to be an umbrella term rather than a term linked to sex, but presumably that is the point from a trans rights perspective. It also ignores that there is no clear definition of trans. E.g. can someone only be trans if they have genuine motivations? How are these defined and where is the line drawn?

I can just never seem to make it all work.

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DiscoBob · 09/11/2025 13:18

YouCantProveIt · 09/11/2025 13:13

Men with penises who have sex with men - homosexuals - do not want to have sex with women with vaginas.

Some might argue her approach is homophobic as it denies men their right to have sex with men.

Yeah I know what you mean.

YouCantProveIt · 09/11/2025 13:13

DiscoBob · 09/11/2025 12:22

I have a transman family member who was a hetero woman but then declared they were a gay trans man.

I'm just wondering how far they can identify as a gay man in terms of being accepted as such.

I mean a genuine gay man surely wouldn't date someone with a vagina, even if no breasts and lower voice, short hair etc? And they won't have experienced homophobia in the way a regular gay man would have.

It feels like they might be limiting themselves to only dating other transmen when they say they are only attracted to actual bio gay men.

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Men with penises who have sex with men - homosexuals - do not want to have sex with women with vaginas.

Some might argue her approach is homophobic as it denies men their right to have sex with men.

YouCantProveIt · 09/11/2025 13:04

Coconutter24 · 09/11/2025 12:49

I suppose anyone can say they are anything they want really, everything seems to go these days. I do struggle with understanding how a biological woman can be a trans woman because they are not transitioning from anything. Even if the biological woman identifies as non binary then why would they want to decide to trans as a woman, they are a woman. If they’re non binary they do t identify with a gender so why would they identify as a trans woman, if they’re non binary wanted to not be non binary they’d just be a woman

Your absolute word salad paragraph just goes to show the utter nonsensical status of the debate around this.

If a biological man = transwoman = woman

Then biological woman = transman = man = transwoman = woman

You can no more transition from a woman to a woman as a man to a woman

Transition is meaningless.

Define transition?

Coconutter24 · 09/11/2025 12:49

YouCantProveIt · 09/11/2025 12:23

I know you didn’t ask me.

The answer is a woman can be a trans woman if a trans woman can be a woman.

I suppose anyone can say they are anything they want really, everything seems to go these days. I do struggle with understanding how a biological woman can be a trans woman because they are not transitioning from anything. Even if the biological woman identifies as non binary then why would they want to decide to trans as a woman, they are a woman. If they’re non binary they do t identify with a gender so why would they identify as a trans woman, if they’re non binary wanted to not be non binary they’d just be a woman

YouCantProveIt · 09/11/2025 12:23

Coconutter24 · 09/11/2025 11:25

So just to be extra clear do you think a biological woman can be a trans woman?

I know you didn’t ask me.

The answer is a woman can be a trans woman if a trans woman can be a woman.

DiscoBob · 09/11/2025 12:22

Lostthebubblewand · 07/11/2025 19:07

It’s strange but I met a biological woman who was transitioning into a man once. Their whole personality/ tone/ manner/ look was like a caricature of a camp gay man. I Thought if I was a gay man I would have been really offended by their interpretation of masculinity. It was like a bad impression/ pantomime. Plus they were attracted to men, so they went from heterosexual woman to gay man. I wonder how common that is. It is hard to think of the mental gymnastics. Feeling born in the wrong body but identifying not as a straight man but as a feminine man who enjoys face cream/ masks/ pedicures/ ‘women’s films’/ clothes/ make up. If we are told these things define our gender, then why not just stay a heterosexual woman?
I wonder if that’s too straightforward and boring? There’s no opportunity to feel marginalised.

I have a transman family member who was a hetero woman but then declared they were a gay trans man.

I'm just wondering how far they can identify as a gay man in terms of being accepted as such.

I mean a genuine gay man surely wouldn't date someone with a vagina, even if no breasts and lower voice, short hair etc? And they won't have experienced homophobia in the way a regular gay man would have.

It feels like they might be limiting themselves to only dating other transmen when they say they are only attracted to actual bio gay men.

YouCantProveIt · 09/11/2025 12:03

What’s actually had me doubled over in laughter

All transwomen are women

but women cannot be transwomen

So how can women not be transwomen? or maybe the first statement is the lie

MaggieBsBoat · 09/11/2025 12:00

If a dude can say he’s a woman. Then a woman can say she’s a transwoman.

The point of it is the fact that words are meaningless.

Coconutter24 · 09/11/2025 11:25

GarlicHound · 09/11/2025 10:50

If this were a medium in which 'trans' ideology had never been objectively discussed and concepts like sex and gender had never been analysed, I would start from the ground up and explain clearly in small, logical steps. I did that thousands of times during this explosion of insanity.

To my eternal gratitude, a forum exists where I can right write exactly what I'm thinking, which often sounds like "OMFG, haha, this just keeps getting more ridiculous! Jeez, will this nonsense never stop?!" That forum is this very message board, whose users are already familiar with genderism's long-repeated nonsequitur catchphrases. This board doesn't require primary-level clarifications.

You're not exactly a newbie here, Coconutter, so I'm surprised you didn't recognise the 'genitally obsessed pants inspector' cliché. Never mind. It's all good. 🕊

So just to be extra clear do you think a biological woman can be a trans woman?

GarlicHound · 09/11/2025 10:50

Coconutter24 · 09/11/2025 10:31

Or maybe just right clearly exactly what you’re thinking? Reading all your comments I can’t work out if you agree or disagree with OP

If this were a medium in which 'trans' ideology had never been objectively discussed and concepts like sex and gender had never been analysed, I would start from the ground up and explain clearly in small, logical steps. I did that thousands of times during this explosion of insanity.

To my eternal gratitude, a forum exists where I can right write exactly what I'm thinking, which often sounds like "OMFG, haha, this just keeps getting more ridiculous! Jeez, will this nonsense never stop?!" That forum is this very message board, whose users are already familiar with genderism's long-repeated nonsequitur catchphrases. This board doesn't require primary-level clarifications.

You're not exactly a newbie here, Coconutter, so I'm surprised you didn't recognise the 'genitally obsessed pants inspector' cliché. Never mind. It's all good. 🕊

Coconutter24 · 09/11/2025 10:31

GarlicHound · 09/11/2025 09:57

Oh @Coconutter24...

Seems I should've used a bigger signpost.

Or maybe just right clearly exactly what you’re thinking? Reading all your comments I can’t work out if you agree or disagree with OP

GarlicHound · 09/11/2025 09:57

Oh @Coconutter24...

Seems I should've used a bigger signpost.

Would a biological woman identifying as a trans woman be accepted in the trans community?
quickquestion12345 · 09/11/2025 09:53

@GarlicHound @Namelessnelly@YouCantProveIt yes I think you’ve articulated what is tumbling around in my head!

Either sex matters or it doesn’t. Either there is a biological reality or there isn’t.

I don’t see how an argument that gender is more important than sex can exclude someone from identifying as a gender on the basis of their sex.

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Coconutter24 · 09/11/2025 08:18

GarlicHound · 09/11/2025 03:42

WHY ARE YOU SO OBSESSED WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S GENITALS? You should probably see a therapist about that. It's no concern of yours what's in a transwoman's pants. Bigot! (Etc, etc, etc.)

Where have I been obsessed with people’s genitals? Or have I just pointed out a simple fact there’s no transition needed? That doesn’t make me a bigot. Do you need a therapist? Judging by your comment I think maybe you do because I know I certainly don’t
Also I don’t care what’s in a trans woman’s pants but there’s not trans women in the OP she’s a woman!!

Igneococcus · 09/11/2025 07:43

Trans people don't transition because they feel 'less of' though, they feel that their biological sex is incorrect, or incompatible with their gender identity. They transition to the gender they feel is correct.
If there are two competing realities, that of the physical reality of the body and that of the feelings in someone's head about their gender, why does one reality outweigh the other? And why is everybody else expected to go along with it?

YouCantProveIt · 09/11/2025 07:43

Greyskybluesky · 09/11/2025 07:38

It's amazing how offensive and wrong people can be in just six words

True. Big giveaway in the title - it’s the ovaries that mark you out as an old fashioned die in the wool woman.

Greyskybluesky · 09/11/2025 07:38

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 09/11/2025 05:45

PCOS is a type of intersex.

It's amazing how offensive and wrong people can be in just six words

YouCantProveIt · 09/11/2025 07:34

Kimura · 09/11/2025 03:51

Trans people don't transition because they feel 'less of' though, they feel that their biological sex is incorrect, or incompatible with their gender identity. They transition to the gender they feel is correct.

A woman cannot be a trans woman, because there has been no transition. I imagine the trans community wouldn't accept a woman as a 'trans woman' because there's no logical reason for anyone to identify in such a way, other than to wind them up.

If I am a woman with short hair and I wear men’s clothes - I can then transition into loving like a laydee. I can grow out my hair long and wear uber feminine clothes.

Thats about the height of most people’s transitions. Some clothes. A few more take some hormones. Very very few do surgery.

So changing clothes is transing - and it’s valid. I mean all this self-id bs says I only have to think therefore I am.

So I can just think I am a woman who is a man who wants to be a woman. As gender identity theory is subjective made up nonsense - this comfortably fits into the spectrum.

Namelessnelly · 09/11/2025 06:58

Kimura · 09/11/2025 03:59

They would have been right though - The only reasons a woman would claim to be a trans woman (especially online) would be bad faith/mockery, or in an attempt to profit from it like those two OnlyFans girls.

As strongly as many of us may reject the concept, I think you'd have to be quite ignorant to believe that every trans person has nefarious intentions.

I’m confused. So you are saying only”transwomen are women” but that women cannot be transwomen? So therefore transwomen are not women though are they?

Namelessnelly · 09/11/2025 06:56

Kimura · 09/11/2025 03:51

Trans people don't transition because they feel 'less of' though, they feel that their biological sex is incorrect, or incompatible with their gender identity. They transition to the gender they feel is correct.

A woman cannot be a trans woman, because there has been no transition. I imagine the trans community wouldn't accept a woman as a 'trans woman' because there's no logical reason for anyone to identify in such a way, other than to wind them up.

So you are saying only a man can become a “ transwoman”? And therefore they are not women? I do agree.

GarlicHound · 09/11/2025 05:50

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 09/11/2025 05:45

PCOS is a type of intersex.

Indeed! Fausto-Sterling backtracked on that but it's hung around like winnets on a Persian cat's arse. Much like the term 'intersex'.

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