I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t find many people “on the street” who would agree a woman can have a penis, no matter how inclusive they were to trans people. So I’m pretty sure the “vocal few” on MN aren’t unduly influencing my understanding of biology.
As a non Britisher, I can say that one of the things I enjoyed most about living with them, is that they are fairly liberal. They don't really care what anyone else is up to.
Most people have an understanding of biology, more or less. Personally I don't put too much emphasis on my own but I have found that a surprising number of exclusionists imagine themselves to have an understanding that far surpasses reality. Some even want to have a say in how doctors prescribe drugs to trans children. That alarms me, people with no medical training presuming to know better than qualified clinicians.
I actually don’t feel particularly oppressed, but I do recognise that there are ways in which women could be oppressed by this law coming to pass if all the issues aren’t discussed.
That's good. How do you imagine that the changes in the law are going to effect you? My understanding is that the changes propose making it easier to obtain a GRC, which is used for things like obtaining a passport, driving licence etc. As someone who isn't trans why would you be worried by the amount of paperwork a trans person has to do?
I’m more interested in the free speech element and the awful #nodebate stuff than keeping pre-op trans out of bathrooms.
I like free speech too. I find, for a group who claim to be interested in free speech, your group often seem reluctant to engage. You say 'biology' a lot but there's very little actual engagement. I asked a number of questions on the 'why haven't you signed the petition yet' thread but I've had no answers yet.