Only Facebook ones, but still. Because apparently stating that the rights and safety of women should be considered alongside the rights of trans women in prison reforms makes me a bigot, comparable to Britain First and completely ignorant. I hate all trans people and am the new Hitler because I don’t think that everyone who claims to be female should be placed in women’s prisons. Oh, and ironically because I dare suggest that FTM trans people would be at higher risk than other men in a male prison – because they’re men, so how dare I suggest they’re not!
I didn’t state anything of the sort, just that a female bodied person, even if they consider themselves male, would be at risk in prison with biological men.
I tried stating my case but have been completely shut down and called all sorts of names because I suggested that feminism and trans rights will clash on this issue. I’ve stated time and time again that I wish no harm to trans people and want them protected, but that I also think that women should be considered. It upset me a little as I was told I had no understanding of the issue, that I clearly have never met anyone LGBT (not true) and that I am a hateful person. Is it even possible to have a civilised conversation about this? I did state that I believe gender to be a social construct and not an innate concept, which had me ripped to shreds.
It was with regard to this article: Trans prison issues
WIBU?