I am so tired of reading anti-trans bollocks on Mumsnet.
This is not an anti trans thread. This is an anti self identification thread.
It's divisive, unhelpful, bigoted and offensive.
I still have the scar on my forehead from when I was glassed in a pub for being a "revolting tranny". Now that was bigoted and transphobic. A bunch of women talking about how these things will impact them doesn't really register tbh.
If you're so worried that trans women are going to perve at you in changing rooms
People aren't worried about transwomen perving at them in the changing room. They're worried about men who aren't trans being able to self identify as women and perving on them. Transwomen who pass have been using female toilets and changing rooms for years after all but a lot of people conveniently forget that whilst they're pretending to give a shit about our rights.
why aren't you more worried that gay women are doing it?
Gay women are women therefore have every right to be in a female space.
Do you really think that men would go through the intrusive, painful and incredibly difficult processes required simply in order to gain access to women's groups, etc?
No I don't.
I do however think that they will be happy to say the words "I identify as a woman" and simply fill in a form in order to access female changing rooms. This is exactly all that will be required if this law passes. No painful physical changes will be necessary.
The US already has this law already and as a result, Danielle Muscato was able to declare she's was a woman and take up space in women's refuge.
I have trans friends. They have a terribly hard life, and aren't going through what they're experiencing just for kicks. They are lovely people, and deserve more compassion and understanding than they get.
I think pretty much everyone on here has compassion for myself and your friends.
When trans people identify as women they encounter a huge amount of hostility and aggression
How much aggression and hostility do you think people like Danielle Muscato and Riley Dennis face?
What if your child was trans and it happened to them.
There are a couple of posters on here with trans children. They also disagree with this proposed law change because they know fine well it won't actually help them and that it may actually be harmful to them. Of course if you'd actually bothered to read these threads then you'd know that.
They're people, trying to get on with their lives and being discriminated against everywhere they go.
And how will this new law help us? How will it stop people discriminating against us? What rights will it give us that we don't already have?