I am a man, so please hear me out, but I do care what genitals the next person in a loo cubicle might have, if my wife and daughters, or any other women for that matter, are using it.
If "writing from experience" is the only qualification someone needs in order to destroy the rights of an entire sex, then goodness, we are in trouble.
I respect the lived experience of Juno Dawson, and I believe we should work hard to ensure there are safe spaces for them in society. but NOT at the expense of the safe spaces of women.
Why, someone please explain to me why, have so many women's perspectives been superceded, just because a person decided to write a book and shout over these women who are steadfastly saying no to this?
My mother once rang a famous arts centre in London and asked them politely if all toilets had become gender neutral, as she was visiting on a Sunday last year and wanted to understand. (This is my liberal LGBT supporting mother who lived with gay people in the 70s etc).
She was roundly told "I'm not comfortable with your question"....?! From a professional organisation who could just answer the question proudly as a point of fact?
The world is going mad in my view. Women are wonderful, I live with three of them. They have the right to be safe. Their safety is not less important than the right of a person to access the toilet facility which bears the symbol they identify with most closely.
I'm sure I'll get banned for this, but I had to say it.