How have you been affected by the Tran's community?

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As there are so many posts on here that discuss Transgenderism, has anyone been directly affected by the Tran's community, good or bad?
I'm quite young and only know one Tran's gender person, as far as I'm aware.

Not personally, no. Zero impact.

No.

No

Thank you for your answers. I'm very curious, considering what happened yesterday.

I know some trans people through peace activism and they’re all great. I’m in Australia and really can’t understand the vitriol directed at them. It’s really sad

Zero impact. I know a few trans people - this hasn’t impacted me personally in any way.

I guess I might feel differently if I was in prison or a refuge.

Trans ideology doesn’t need to affect you directly through people you know. The reduction of womanhood to an ‘identity’, feeling or costume harms all women. The denial of objective reality harms all humans.

Womanface is no different to blackface. Except that white people in blackface don’t have the pathetic cheerleaders that white men in womanface do.

I can tell you I have only ever been sexually harassed/assaulted by men. Never trans women.

not a popular opinion on here but I’m devastated for the trans community, it’s a step backwards for them and all the women who have been shouting about them.

@NineLivesKat It's why I'm asking. I wonder if there's anyone on here that have experienced anything negative/positive in a women-only environment.

Nothing negative. Only positive.

This is probably going to turn into a thread where the majority of posters say ‘No’
this has not affected me personally.This in itself will then show that the tiny minority of ‘trans’ people should not have been allowed to influence policy making to the extent that they have. Although I would guess you are trying to prove the opposite OP? I am old and there were always men who dressed as women. No one cared because they didn’t intrude into woman only spaces or try to erode the rights of women. So to your question OP. Not personally but in a professional capacity. I was involved in Child Protection many years ago. A case involving a father who believed he was now a woman. His wife and children were destroyed by it.

Sorry, why is this a silly thing to say?

I haven’t been affected personally, but I haven’t been in environments where I’m particularly likely to be affected.

Thank you, @Berryslacks

Yes.

i know it’s always the “toilets” thing but I was exiting a public loo, late at night at work.

faced with a trans woman between me and the door. A foot taller than me, and built like a man. Clearly much stronger and would have no issue overpowering me.

the fear was visceral and completely subconscious. Fight or flight kicked in, and my brain immediately started looking for exits. There were none.

now I strongly believe transwomen should be allowed to live how they want and live in peace. But I also believe if they don’t want to be in men’s spaces, they should campaign for their own. Set up transgender rape and sexual assault centres, transgender waxing salons, transgender sexual health clinics. It has taken women a lot of time and effort to set up women only spaces, anyone not a biological woman should not be expecting to take advantage of our efforts.

I’m actually not sure why you’re so angry with me. I don’t think you read my post properly.

Maybe we just don't live our lives on the Internet? Pick any group of people and you will find nasty ones lurking in some Internet corner.

In answer to your question OP no, not at all.

No but that’s not the point.
I’m delighted with the ruling.
No woman should have to share a single sex space with a biological male. Whether that’s competitive sports, a prison, a rape crisis centre, a hospital ward, toilets, changing rooms etc.
Any other decision in court would have set women’s rights back hundreds of years.
Transwomen are not women. As Sall Grover has eloquently said, the only prerequisite to being a transwoman is to be male.

@Whatsgoingonherethenagain So what the Tran's community should be doing is advocating for Trans spaces to be provided?

Yes
all women - 51% of the population have been affected by the instances that tran women (biological men) can access their spaces, sports, places on exec boards, prisons etc etc
the instances from TRAs on no debate led to worker losing their jobs and ultimately going to COURT to define what a woman is
the world or certainly part of it lost its mind
trans people lost no rights yesterday - they lost an unreasonable demand to access single sex spaces

As part of being a teacher I was made to teach a political ideology and lies to teenagers about how they could "change sex" if they were in the "wrong body".
Whilst doing this there was no comeback or discussion with the school and I would have been fired if I hadn't shown the provided materials.

Yes I was born white but I feel strongly that I am black. I have my hair braided and speak patois. I won an award for being the first black woman to achieve the position I have in my company. There are other black women in the company and they are thrilled at what I have achieved and are sure they will get the same opportunties one day. I might not have had the same experiences as them (I have never been racially abused as my skin is white) but my experience is still as authentic as theirs.

This probably sounds grossly offensive. It is. So are men pretending to be women.

Yes but it’s clearly not what they want. It was always about men accessing female spaces.
As PP said. No rights have been lost. The court clarified what has always been law and biological males should never have had access to women’s spaces.

Amateur age group bicycle racer here. Fortunately the governing body for my sport (British cycling) banned men from competing in the women's category in October. Prior to this I did many a race (road, mountain bike, cyclo cross and time trials) where I (and many other women), lost out to trans identified males.

Great big strapping man at work came out as a trans identified male. This had a horrific impact on one of my work colleagues who'd been in a violent relationship for years. It had left her mentally and physically scarred. The likelihood of her being in a situation where she'd encounter him alone in the loos set off her anxiety. She didn't want to use the separate disabled access loo as she felt it'd draw attention to her. She ended up self harming again and ultimately going off son long term sick. This man was sacked in the end as he got caught trying to film women using the toilet (holding his phone under the cubicle by the toilet).

Generally I'm really worried for the future (I have a primary school age son), because of the messages he'll get through school and sex education (recent ruling preventing parents accessing materials).