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To be fed up beyond belief with the trans activists

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snapnfarter · 17/10/2018 16:40

I'm so sick of the bigotry now. Surely these people just want to have a piss in peace without being hassled?
What rights is it exactly that the trans activists are shit scared that women are going to lose out on?
I wish they'd all just be quiet and let others live their lives how they see fit without reprisal or judgement from narrow minded idiots.
I honestly feel that this debate is just a platform for the bigots to congregate to attack a minority because we all know what attaching ethnic minorities, gays, lesbians etc is just not acceptable. How is this any different?

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Chosenone · 17/10/2018 17:08

The wrong side of history eyeroll. We dont care about being woke, we care about protecting women!

DonkeyHotei · 17/10/2018 17:10

Don't read Fair Play for Women unless you want a working demo on how NOT to conduct research Grin

Soubriquet · 17/10/2018 17:11

My view

Do I believe trans deserve safe spaces and lives to live free of harassment?

Absolutely

Do I believe they should encroach on women’s spaces to do this?

No!

Women deserve just as much rights and safety as the trans community do yet they are losing their battle because of people like you. Who don’t see the problem with having a penis inside a women’s jail. Or in a woman’s refuge. Or hostel

Elephantinacravat · 17/10/2018 17:11

I think that those trying to push cross sex hormones on 12 year olds and trying to erode the rights of women by forcing themselves into women's spaces will be the ones on the wrong side of history actually.

pigsDOfly · 17/10/2018 17:11

I know I'm not educated on the issue

No shit Sherlock.

iismum · 17/10/2018 17:12

You really think a transgender man would go through med school just so he can look at your vagina?

Well obviously they wouldn't. What a strange idea. Women who request female HCP don't do it because they think male HCPs have no motive than seeing their vagina. They accept them as legitimate HCPs. They just, for personal - sometimes religious - reasons don't feel comfortable having an intimate examination from them. For many (most?) women this wouldn't be different if the HCP identified as female - it's the male body they object to.

Also, I assume by 'transgender man' you actually mean transwoman? Terminology matters a lot to trans people.

Elephantinacravat · 17/10/2018 17:13

People who cannot understand why women don't want to share their toilets, changing rooms, refuges, prisons and sports with males need to engage their brains. Big time.

Soubriquet · 17/10/2018 17:15

Oh and yes children should have the right to grow up as children!

Playing with what they want, wearing what they want without being told they must have the opposite sex and will be put on hormones.

Mind fucking to the extreme, with sterility in the future.

I wouldn’t be surprised if many parents are sued by their children when they reach adult hood and realise they were in the “right” body all along

DonkeyHotei · 17/10/2018 17:15

The wrong side of history eyeroll. We dont care about being woke, we care about protecting women!

Yeeeeeeah..... but problem is bigots don't usually admit to themselves that they are bigots. They tell themselves they are "protecting" someone or other: racists during the civil rights era in the States often argued that they were protecting the right of white women not to be raped by predatory black people, or the rights of homeowners not to be robbed by delinquent black people. Doesn't make it true or less abhorrent though.

Elephantinacravat · 17/10/2018 17:18

Yeeeeeeah..... but problem is bigots don't usually admit to themselves that they are bigots. They tell themselves they are "protecting" someone or other: racists during the civil rights era in the States often argued that they were protecting the right of white women not to be raped by predatory black people, or the rights of homeowners not to be robbed by delinquent black people. Doesn't make it true or less abhorrent though.

Sorry, can you clarify then please. Do you think that women are entitled to single sex spaces or not?

DisrespectfulAdultFemale · 17/10/2018 17:19

To be fed up beyond belief with the trans activists

I know how you feel.

Soubriquet · 17/10/2018 17:21

Here’s a brilliant example

The ponds in London. Men who identified as women were allowed to swim in the women’s ponds.

Some women decided to try doing the same thing to the men’s ponds. The men kicked up such a stink, the police were called and the women were removed.

LeftRightCentre · 17/10/2018 17:21

Woman = adult human female. Women don't have penises. Pensises don't belong in women only spaces or women's sports. We have human rights, too.

DonkeyHotei · 17/10/2018 17:22

Elephantinacrava I can clarify for you by saying that I'm a trans-inclusive feminist. Will that do? Or will you belittle me by calling me a handmaiden or some other offensive crap like the OP has been called.

Onlyhappywhenitrains1 · 17/10/2018 17:22

Do people generally get their bits out in public when you go to public toilets?

If you've got kids you probably have peed with the door open. I regularly have to pee with the door open and the buggy in the doorway. Little children often also have the door open so mum can help them.

So no I don't want a man in there while I pee.

I actually have no problem with a genuine transexual in a toilet with me. I'm sure they are not interested in me going to the toilet. I have a problem with self id opening the door to anyone who feels like it.

TeenTimesTwo · 17/10/2018 17:23

Trans people do have all human rights.

Self-id is about people wanting to effectively declare themselves into the opposite sex without any legal or medical restrictions or requirements.

It means that women will not be able to object to male born people in hitherto female only spaces because anyone will be able to declare themselves female even without hormones, medical intervention, or therapy.

It won't be possible in day to day life to differentiate between 'honest trans' and men who say they are trans wanting to get access to female only spaces.

The trans activists have tried to stifle debate #nodebate, lobbying to get legitimate meetings by womens group who just want to discuss the proposed changes to the GRA cancelled, stop academic work into gender issues (see today's Guardian letter). This is so different to e.g. the debate that was had over e.g. gay marriage where different views were discussed openly.

SymphonyofShadows · 17/10/2018 17:23

I don't mind about seeing a penis. My eyes won't melt in their sockets if I see a willy, will they?

That's nice dear, but what about little girls getting changed for swimming having to see a big hairy pair of bollocks? It's not just about toilets, which you would know if you took the time to educate yourself.

DonkeyHotei · 17/10/2018 17:24

DisrespectfulAdultFemale we're already done with mocking the OP for leaving a word off in their thread title. Got anything else?

sheldonesque · 17/10/2018 17:24

I absolutely believe in rights and fairness for trans people.

Just as long as it doesn't take away the rights I have as a woman.

If that makes me a bigot so be it.

Sarahjconnor · 17/10/2018 17:25

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LavendarGreen · 17/10/2018 17:25

I know I'm not educated on the issue,

Yep that's obvious.

NoodleEatingPoodle · 17/10/2018 17:25

This thread makes me wonder how many other confused people catch snippets like 'trans activist convicted of assaulting woman at Speakers Corner' or 'trans activists intimidate and harass attendees of public meeting on proposed law change' or 'trans activists regularly threaten and bully feminists on social media' and think that it's the women doing the assaulting, the intimidating, and the threatening. Confused

This is the problem with calling people by euphemisms for what they actually are: misogynistic men.

Weezol · 17/10/2018 17:26

Can you clarify what you mean by Transgender man? I'm quite confused by your terminology tbh.

DonkeyHotei · 17/10/2018 17:27

That's nice dear, but what about little girls getting changed for swimming having to see a big hairy pair of bollocks? It's not just about toilets, which you would know if you took the time to educate yourself.

Where ARE these leisure centres where people are getting changed in one big communal room together? We have cubicles at all the ones in my large UK city.

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 17/10/2018 17:27

I think when you get to the point that you're disagreeing with amnesty international, you need to ask yourself some questions...

Yeah

Like ...what the fuck are they thinking!!

I have read too much about the self ID issue on amnesty...but i know i dont agree with their stance on prostitution so it doesn't surprise me that i may disagree with them on ither things

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