Jj, you asked on the previous thread whether anyone had ever encountered a trans woman in a a female space.
I posted nearly 2 years ago of my experience - since then, my goddaughter has given up kick boxing (didn’t fancy her chances against a trans girl), and the local athletics team is fielding 2 males on the women’s team who are depriving 2 women of a place.
I live in a suburb of a large city, this is impacting women.
“I used to use a local gym fortnightly, to work with a trainer. I have severe rheumatoid arthritis, and got to the point where I was regularly falling because I’d stand up, and my hip/knee wouldn’t behave as expected and I’d face plant.
I found a trainer with experience of helping strengthen muscle to compensate such that I could regain some stability, and worked with him very successfully for 18 months- just 2 falls in that time.
A while ago, I finished my session and went to get changed. There was a middle aged man in the changing room, sitting in a pair of shorts and nothing else.
I told him he was in the wrong place, and he told me he was a woman and had the right to be there.
I grabbed my stuff and spoke to a member of staff on my way out. They agreed with him, and went as far as telling me that if I was so unkind as to deny him his right to be in the ladies changing room then I should find another gym and examine my bigotry (precise wording was “she is a woman, if you find you’re uncomfortable with changing in front of her then that’s your problem “). I should have argued but I was so thrown I just walked out.
You can believe or disbelieve as you wish.
For those who are rolling their eyes and saying it never happens, it DOES.”