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To ask if anyone else on MN is not anti-trans?

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Lilieee · 09/07/2024 01:38

I'm not interested in someone 'debunking the trans agenda' or how no one on here is like that, all I'm interested in is if any pro-trans Mumsnetters could pop up so I don't feel alone Grin

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midgetastic · 09/07/2024 07:53

Define anti trans please

I am happy for people to live as they are , without sec based constraints and sex based expectations

I am not happy for children to be given treatment that likely shortens their lives or makes them infertile

Especially now I have discovered that the majority of children treated this way are ND or lesbian

I don't see that anything changes your sex and I don't see that when sex matters sex should be replaced by gender ( an ill defined concept without the history of understanding that sex has )

Yours
A female who probably suffered gender diysmorphia as a child . It passed as I grew in understanding and can return in certain circumstances
A female who is not trans nor cis

CMMM · 09/07/2024 07:53

Savemydrink · 09/07/2024 02:41

If wanting female only spaces for our daughters makes us anti trans, then I guess that’s most of the mums I know. Who in their right mind wants boys sharing the showers with their girls?

Dress how you like, call yourself what you like, I don’t care, but if you want to shower with my daughter and you are a biological male then I’m afraid I do care very much.

totally agree! This is not anti trans. This is exactly why these threads get derailed with people who are pro trans exhibiting bullying type behaviour!

Soontobe60 · 09/07/2024 07:54

PinkDevon · 09/07/2024 02:17

This is anti trans

Don’t be daft. This is sex realism.

DoorPath · 09/07/2024 07:54

@TheKeatingFive Then where? Where is this magical place that trans women should go when they are raped and in crisis?

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 09/07/2024 07:54

FrenchFancie · 09/07/2024 07:44

But it is similar!

i remember the talk about ‘not letting lesbians into our changing rooms because they will try and assault girls and women’ and ‘it’s fair enough to be gay but you wouldn’t want to share a toilet with them!’ And ‘backs to the walls lads!! Backs to the walls!’.

the talk was very very similar. Be gay if you must, but don’t do it in public, don’t dare to be gay unless you can pass for straight, and then don’t you dare talk about your same sex partner for fear of losing your home / job / friends.

the parallels between homosexuals in the 1980s and trans people now are really quite strong.

Is there any evidence whatsoever that women are at risk of being assaulted by lesbians?

No, none.

Is there any risk whatsoever that women are at risk of being assaulted by male people?

Yes, tons.

That's the difference.

Our desire to keep male people out of women only spaces is evidence based.

Female isn't supposed to be inclusive of male.

Stoptherideiwanttogetoff24 · 09/07/2024 07:55

Lilieee · 09/07/2024 01:38

Oh and by the way I'm a cis woman Smile

So you’re a woman 🙈🙄

Oldfatandfrumpy · 09/07/2024 07:55

I'm not sure about all this "safe spaces" for women - again men aren't the enemy here

So why are transwomen 'too vulnerable' to use the space related to their biological sex

Roystonv · 09/07/2024 07:55

Three points. One, I am not anti trans I am anti their demands and their dangerous and wilful denial of reality. A relatively small group have hijacked the discussion and made it aggressive and unpleasant. I do not believe they are the true face of the trans world but that is what we see and hear about. Where are the rational ones who can respectfully debate the issue; they have not come forward. As many have said before very eloquently as long as these trans demands reduce the place of women (over half the population!) and their safety and encourage children to believe changing sex using poorly researched methods and crippling surgery will solve all their problems I cannot support them. Two, I do not understand how any rational government/support group etc etc have listened to such a small minority, believed them and have altered so much to accommodate their demands and feelings and so quickly. If only they could act so quickly and with such dedication about other matters that affect us all. This has cost money that could have been spent on many other things in these difficult times. Three, I have yet to understand what they are denied. They have access to exactly the same as everyone else: health care, education, holidays, shops, theatres etc.

TheKeatingFive · 09/07/2024 07:55

DoorPath · 09/07/2024 07:54

@TheKeatingFive Then where? Where is this magical place that trans women should go when they are raped and in crisis?

Services for male rape victims

SoreAndTired1 · 09/07/2024 07:55

HamBagelNoCheese · 09/07/2024 03:03

So a transwoman, who has had gender reassignment surgery, has no testes or penis, hasn't gone to "extreme lengths"?

What about from a legal perspective? Both people in my example have all legal documents (passport, birth certificate etc.) in the gender of which they identify.

Your incorrect use of pronouns is also offensive. You don't get to decide how someone identifies themselves. Basic respect doesn't cost anything.

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Almost no transwomen actually have the surgery.

We don't get to decide how someone identifies, but that person doesn't get to decide to gaslight and force women to participate in their fantasy and be a prop in it. How about they show basic respect by not gaslighting women to call a male a woman, and deny our lived experience? By the way, accurate-sexing is not 'incorrect use of pronouns'. Pronouns re sex-based. They may mis-sex themselves, but they have no right to compel others to indulge and participate in their belief.

KeirSpoutsTwaddle · 09/07/2024 07:56

I object to the co-opting of gay oppression in this movement.

We Don’t separate services by sexuality, but by sex.

We don’t offer smears to straight people, or expect gay boys to change with girls and lesbian girls to change boys. Women need smears, whether gay or not.

Saying this is like trying to eject lesbian women from changing rooms is batshit.

Single sex spaces exist due to the predatory nature of a significant number of men. All men, however they present. I’m sure the lovely transwoman in your family isn’t a risk, just as my lovely husband and sons aren’t a risk. But they change in a separate area for the comfort and dignity of everyone And because as men they carry a risk other women can’t afford to ignore.

LunaNorth · 09/07/2024 07:56

PinkDevon · 09/07/2024 02:17

This is anti trans

It’s pro-women. Not everything is about trans people and their rights.

Soontobe60 · 09/07/2024 07:56

Tandora · 09/07/2024 03:31

Oooo well this has opened a can of worms. So to summarise: trans women must use the toilets associated with their biological sex, regardless of how they look. Trans men, however, cannot- unless they look like women?

testosterone is such a powerful masculiniser
interesting. I thought the GC mantra was that it’s not possible to change sex? Are you hinting at a reality more complex than that perhaps?

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Looking masculine doesn’t mean you’re an actual male. Claiming that someone who looks masculine must be male is just subscribing to gender stereotyping aka the ‘Genderbread’ phenomenon.

Kateeeeuyyy · 09/07/2024 07:56

Morwenscapacioussleeves · 09/07/2024 03:29

Anti trans what? Do you mean people?

Single sex spaces are safer for women & girls; humans can't change sex so I don't want Suzie/Eddie Izzard or any other "transwomen " in the changing room /toilets/hospital ward with me or my daughters.
There is no evidence that claiming a feminine identity makes men less of a threat to women - on the contrary the MOJ data suggest such men are MORE of a threat.

I'm pro women & pro reality
I don't wish bad things for people who say they're trans so not anti trans.

I don't believe in God /the doctrine of the Catholic Church & don't wish bad things for Catholic- I don't think anyone thinks that makes me anti-Catholic

the statistics you use here to back up your claim are mind boggling . If you’re looking to see what percentage of trans women commit crimes, surely you’d be looking at the population as a whole ? If you’re looking at data from prisons, then of course it will fit your narrative .

what you’re experiencing is confirmation bias, and the data you are presenting is skewed.

BlackFriYay · 09/07/2024 07:56

another trans ally here (and baffled as to why so many people are obsessed with toilets) 🙄

...Because men keep stamping their feet and demanding to be let into our bathrooms. Don't you find that a little odd?

Why can't they just use their own bathrooms?

Why do they want to use the women's so much?

We're not the ones who started all of this bollocks. Ask your friends.

Frenchie91 · 09/07/2024 07:56

TheKeatingFive · 09/07/2024 07:52

mighty sick of the hatred and vitriol and just bloody-mindedness that seems so prevalent on almost every thread on mn

Yet again ... do you want to give us some examples of what you're talking about?

We can’t because they are always deleted. Rightly. A tamet example i can give you though is this week I reported a post that called trans women “pervy blokes in frocks” which is clearly derogatory and anti trans.
im not repeating the more hateful ones because people shouldn’t have to read that. Again.

SoreAndTired1 · 09/07/2024 07:58

HamBagelNoCheese · 09/07/2024 03:21

At the same time, they don't get to decide how I identify them. They don't get to order me to lie about what I perceive. Basic respect doesn't cost anything.

😂

Anyway, it's late. I should probably get some sleep before I spend another 10 hour day at work supporting people who are marginalised and discriminated against to such a degree that they try to end their own life.

Be kind 💜🤍💙

  1. Men in dresses are not 'marginalised'. Indeed and in fact, trans are the most protected, privileged and powerful group there is.
  2. Using Suicide Idealisation and promotion and a means to manipulate, gaslight and control is truly low. No therapist would recommend people give in to threats of suicide.
To ask if anyone else on MN is not anti-trans?
AccidentallyWesAnderson · 09/07/2024 07:58

DoorPath · 09/07/2024 07:20

Do all the people objecting to being called a cis woman also object to being called a straight woman or a white woman? Because you see straight, white, cis woman as "normal"? Check your fucking privilege.

Check yours! Advocating for males to be in spaces alongside women such as rape survivors. How dare you!

HowIrresponsible · 09/07/2024 07:59

DoorPath · 09/07/2024 07:54

@TheKeatingFive Then where? Where is this magical place that trans women should go when they are raped and in crisis?

Here you go

Now stop being deliberately obtuse.

Support for men and boys

All victims and survivors of sexual violence and abuse deserve specialist support. Find links to services that specialise in helping men and boys here.

https://rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/support-for-men-and-boys/

Devonbabs · 09/07/2024 07:59

HamBagelNoCheese · 09/07/2024 02:19

This always interests me.

Where do you draw the line? What about trans men? (Rhetorical Qs btw(

Should my transfemale colleague, who has been taking female hormones for 10 years, who has natural breasts and has vaginoplasty surgery use male toilets in the absence of a neutral space?

My transmale brother is 6ft tall, muscular, tattooed, bearded, has had top surgery but not bottom. Should he use female toilets?

In my experience, toilets are one of the big issues for trans people, and until they "pass" as the gender they identify, they will always opt for a gender neutral facility wherever possible.

This is easy- they should is the toilets assigned to their biological sex. This is why 3rd spaces are important for everyone.

I have never seen anyone anti trans - what people are saying it’s impossible to change sex and the issue is often used to attack women.

There is a mental health problem here. The trans agenda is preventing many esp children getting suitable help

The reason why what you see as anti trans on here is that the trans agenda is anti woman, it affects women’s rights as most of the time pushing forward the trans agenda inevitably involves women having their rights and freedoms curtailed - sometimes through the threat of make violence (and no we don’t want women being recorded as attacking other women, this is a man).

SeriouslyWorriedEars · 09/07/2024 08:00

Lilieee · 09/07/2024 01:38

Oh and by the way I'm a cis woman Smile

You've lost any arguement or respective calling yourself "cis"

Lilieee · 09/07/2024 08:00

flipping hell this blew up. I was assuming there would be maybe two pages of pro trans people saying they're here, and maybe the occasional comment looking for an argument but holy shit - 17 pages?

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DecayedStrumpet · 09/07/2024 08:01

DoorPath · 09/07/2024 06:34

Because being trans is a protected characteristic. Being bigoted and ignorant is not.

Think of it like being gay or race. Then think of your hospital ward question again.

Was the main problem with the Jim Crow laws, that people weren't allowed to identify their own race?
Or was it something else?

Lilieee · 09/07/2024 08:01

SeriouslyWorriedEars · 09/07/2024 08:00

You've lost any arguement or respective calling yourself "cis"

I was trying to say that I'm a non-trans woman, so people don't accuse me of being a man and invading womens spaces.

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TheKeatingFive · 09/07/2024 08:01

Frenchie91 · 09/07/2024 07:56

We can’t because they are always deleted. Rightly. A tamet example i can give you though is this week I reported a post that called trans women “pervy blokes in frocks” which is clearly derogatory and anti trans.
im not repeating the more hateful ones because people shouldn’t have to read that. Again.

So they're deleted. Good.

Gosh though, that's a hell of a lot of deletions going on if it's on 'almost every thread on MN'. And yet, I don't see many deletion messages on MN at all. Funny.

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