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Labour say transwomen should use the men’s toilet

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Kindersurprising · 22/04/2025 12:15

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/trans-women-men-toilets-b8gt6l22c?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHlJe7BiT-kgvjfusJpz2eq_AUSGDRI9eAMe5VNA0iX6U2qOUk-U0wPhPI98-_aem_Vfuvll1ZYKrZUa-vjh4QSA#Echobox=1745317525

Squeak squeak burrow burrow. Is that a ferret reversing?

Use men’s or women’s toilets based on biological sex, minister says

Supreme Court ruling must be applied ‘right across the board’, Bridget Phillipson stresses as Sir Keir Starmer hails judgment as a ‘welcome step forward’

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/trans-women-men-toilets-b8gt6l22c?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMQABHlJe7BiT-kgvjfusJpz2eq_AUSGDRI9eAMe5VNA0iX6U2qOUk-U0wPhPI98-_aem_Vfuvll1ZYKrZUa-vjh4QSA#Echobox=1745317525

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justteanbiscuits · 22/04/2025 17:04

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe · 22/04/2025 16:53

It's not trans-men having a tantrum about it though, is it? Always men.

If you can't tell the difference between a man and a woman then, I don't care. If you're a man then stay out of women's safe spaces. You know what sex you are. If you're that confused that you don't then please, stay at home.

That's easy to say. My point, which you are missing, is you have gone from saying men will claim to be trans women to access women's spaces, to men now just need to say they are trans men.

Helleofabore · 22/04/2025 17:05

Thegreyhound · 22/04/2025 16:56

I’m so tired of this crowing on here. With a bit of luck, trans women will continue to use female toilets and trans men male ones, because the vast, vast majority of the time no one would be able to tell anyway.
As for Labour, I don’t think there is a single person left on the planet for them to sell out

Blimey.

Please don't encourage male people to break the law. That is very irresponsible of you, particularly if it is not you who will have to face whatever punishment there might be.

And I really would recommend that you stop assuming that your personal inability to correctly sex male people is the norm. Because it really isn't.

DrPrunesqualer · 22/04/2025 17:05

Roxietrees · 22/04/2025 17:02

If biological women belong in women’s spaces whatcha gonna do when a 6 ft beardy trans man (yes bio women can be 6 ft and hormones can make you grow a beard) - with a 10 inch prosthetic penis (cos when you get to pick em you can go as big as you want) bulging through his cycling shorts rocks up next to you in David Lloyd while your walking about naked? You ain’t gonna know he’s “not a bloke”. Then you’re going to look a right tit complaining to the management if your stance is bio women belong in women’s spaces and bio men belong in men’s spaces 🤣🤣🤣

Women can tell men from men and women from women.
Its a thing.
Not just a mumsnet thing
A thing.

Its like multitasking…..we are just amazing like that !

ps….a fake dick is a fake dick. No one cares !

FlakyCritic · 22/04/2025 17:05

Roxietrees · 22/04/2025 16:40

I don’t believe trans women should be forced to use men’s toilets, that is clearly putting them at risk. As a feminist but also pro-equality for all I feel mixed about the recent law (but ain’t going into that now just to be torn down by every single MNer who clearly all have the exact same opinion on it.) It’s such a toxic, polarised debate, it’s like you’re only allowed to have one extreme opinion at one end of the spectrum or the other. You’re either “transphobic” or you’re an “extremist”. It’s not socially acceptable to be somewhere in the middle about it (then you just get hate from both sides rather than one lol).

I’m also not comfortable with trans women in female changing spaces. Why don’t they just bloody introduce individual toilets and changing rooms going forward (eg. Not tear down existing ones but as and when new ones are built just make em all gender neutral) keep everyone happy.

@Roxietrees Transwomen are NOT at risk using mens toilets, many transwomen themselves use the mens and say the worst they get is a smirk. It's NEVER been about safety. It's only about validation. Only being in a female space gives transwomen validation. They are completely safe in the males as we know. Even if they weren't, women are not human shields for males in a dress.

Annoyeddd · 22/04/2025 17:06

Naunet · 22/04/2025 17:04

Dont be stupid.

Please explain why I am being stupid - this is being discussed by operators of public places including the nhs

RedToothBrush · 22/04/2025 17:06

James Dreyfuss shared a protest video on twitter with a bunch of trans people saying 'where we do our business is none of your business'.

The funny thing is that you could tell the sex of every single one of them in the video. It wasn't difficult, especially when they spoke.

And thats the elephant in the room with this, that people seem to go into denial about, that only a small percentage of trans people actually do pass. And yes that does matter.

More than that, a bunch of the transwomen look like men from the 80s who were new romantics / punks / goths. So actually, in 2025, not many men would really blink at that anyway.

lifeturnsonadime · 22/04/2025 17:07

Roxietrees · 22/04/2025 17:02

If biological women belong in women’s spaces whatcha gonna do when a 6 ft beardy trans man (yes bio women can be 6 ft and hormones can make you grow a beard) - with a 10 inch prosthetic penis (cos when you get to pick em you can go as big as you want) bulging through his cycling shorts rocks up next to you in David Lloyd while your walking about naked? You ain’t gonna know he’s “not a bloke”. Then you’re going to look a right tit complaining to the management if your stance is bio women belong in women’s spaces and bio men belong in men’s spaces 🤣🤣🤣

You came on this thread claiming you wanted equality for all.

And now your on to the the most used TRA trope of the thread. The mythical 6ft bearded trans woman.

Why lie to start with? You might as well just have owned your position on this from the start.

Annoyedone · 22/04/2025 17:07

Roxietrees · 22/04/2025 17:02

If biological women belong in women’s spaces whatcha gonna do when a 6 ft beardy trans man (yes bio women can be 6 ft and hormones can make you grow a beard) - with a 10 inch prosthetic penis (cos when you get to pick em you can go as big as you want) bulging through his cycling shorts rocks up next to you in David Lloyd while your walking about naked? You ain’t gonna know he’s “not a bloke”. Then you’re going to look a right tit complaining to the management if your stance is bio women belong in women’s spaces and bio men belong in men’s spaces 🤣🤣🤣

The same as I’ll do on that magical day I see peppa pig in the sky. It’s crazy how many trans identifying women are now six foot with bulging muscles. Has there been a memo sent out? Funny how no one cared about transmen until last week. It was all about GNC men. Now suddenly all these 6ft women with full beards will be everywhere. That’ll show us pesky women for sure.

to be honest I’d rather have a 6ft woman with a beard and a pretend penis in my space than a 6ft man with a real penis.

Naunet · 22/04/2025 17:07

justteanbiscuits · 22/04/2025 17:04

That's easy to say. My point, which you are missing, is you have gone from saying men will claim to be trans women to access women's spaces, to men now just need to say they are trans men.

Except they can be removed from womens spaces now, so you don't need to worry.

Sorrysunflower · 22/04/2025 17:07

Annoyeddd · 22/04/2025 17:02

What happens when someone born a girl becomes a woman and just happens to have large hands and feet, wide jaw, very small boobs and may have facial hair (and has never had a penis) goes into the ladies toilet - are the anti trans brigade going to forcefully throw her out for looking like a trans woman.
Who is going to do the test at the main entrance?

And what about, say, aliens, and unicorns, and, and Frankenstein??? Honestly, why to trans rights activists reach for the not improbable things to defend their opinion?

miraxxx · 22/04/2025 17:08

Boreded · 22/04/2025 16:54

Wrong place, posters here hate the trans community. They’ll claim not to, but it’s quite evident

Posters here argue their points. The people who hate women want to "shit, piss, hang, decapitate, kick,shoot,stab" women such as terfs/JK Rowling. I can give you hundreds of examples - show me where on Mumsnet there is a single similar example of hate. You dont get to use this both sides bullshite excuse anymore.

MissDoubleU · 22/04/2025 17:08

I really do think most people on here form their opinions without actively engaging in any way with the trans community. Many people who are trans are not out publicly and I’ll say it again, you would never know. This includes trans men who by your definition should be protected. Would you feel comfortable seeing Leo Macallan in your single sex toilet? And would you feel better if he said “Don’t worry, I do have a vagina.”
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHlndkhsjqM/?igsh=dXdmNnh4Y2RiMDN2

Men being able to walk into the ladies and say “don’t worry, I’m actually a trans man. Promise I don’t have a penis!” doesn’t make me feel safe as a woman or as a rape and DA survivor.

TheKeatingFive · 22/04/2025 17:08

I'm not sure why we're supposed to be so afraid of beards. There are women who aren't on hormones who could grow a beard, it's just that most choose not to.

RedToothBrush · 22/04/2025 17:08

If anyone can explain how my friend's 6'3" son who has declared himself trans is going to reasonably pass, please do explain it in a rational and logical way.

Its just not going to happen.

Onetimeonlyftw · 22/04/2025 17:08

Fun fact: Women in prison are more likely to sexually assault one another than men are. Rates of sexual assault are highest in women’s prisons. Nothing to do with trans people.

Lentilweaver · 22/04/2025 17:08

Yes, did anyone even know that transmen existed till last week? Suddenly, everyone's heart is bleeding for them, after a decade of women fighting for safe spaces.

I am going to wait for the NHS guidance. It will likely take a while as they try to wrap their heads around the fact that a man can't breastfeed or give birth. But it will come eventually.

ghostyslovesheets · 22/04/2025 17:08

Why are the TRAs suddenly obsessed with toilets and transmen?

why not consider prisons, single sex hospital wards, sport?

fun how transwomen have been widely ignored until now - gosh they are now using women in different way to stamp their feet and shout not fair.

if only a fraction of that energy had been focused on a solution to support trans people like setting up trans specific refuges or sexual violence support services - think of all the good they could have done - rather than trying to get women sacked, cancelled and screaming at them in the street

justteanbiscuits · 22/04/2025 17:09

Naunet · 22/04/2025 17:07

Except they can be removed from womens spaces now, so you don't need to worry.

How do you know that they are men not trans men?

CantStopMoving · 22/04/2025 17:09

Annoyeddd · 22/04/2025 17:02

What happens when someone born a girl becomes a woman and just happens to have large hands and feet, wide jaw, very small boobs and may have facial hair (and has never had a penis) goes into the ladies toilet - are the anti trans brigade going to forcefully throw her out for looking like a trans woman.
Who is going to do the test at the main entrance?

You have described a man. There are no biological women who have a male skeleton, male skull structure and male hormones enough to grow a big bushy beard.

large hands on a women are still much smaller than male hands. I have large hands but my middle finger is the length of my husbands little finger. Large feet on a women would be a 9- my teenage son is already at 10.5.

Helleofabore · 22/04/2025 17:10

ChessorBuckaroo · 22/04/2025 17:02

It's complete BS, and wishful thinking on their part.

So many transwomen are 100% passable.

As I said before on here, there is a reason why transwomen are warned to tell men they meet their identity prior to any sexual encounter. If men could "just tell" this wouldn't be a thing.

And I am sure you were told that male people may be less likely to correctly sex male people than female people.

And just because you, personally, cannot correctly sex a male person really doesn't change the fact that it is highly likely that female people will correctly sex a male person.

Male people with transgender identities are warned to disclose their sex to sex partners because otherwise they are engaging in sex by deception. A fact you seem to not mention. Considering also that some sexual encounters happen when one or both partners are under the influence of chemicals or illness where their ability to tell may be impaired, this is not the gotcha you have been led to believe is clever.

Coffeedreaming · 22/04/2025 17:10

Onetimeonlyftw · 22/04/2025 17:08

Fun fact: Women in prison are more likely to sexually assault one another than men are. Rates of sexual assault are highest in women’s prisons. Nothing to do with trans people.

If that’s true which I’m sceptical about it’s irrelevant. (Please show evidence of this).

Still doesn’t mean men should be in women’s prisons.

Its whataboutery. Any assault is awful and wrong. But it still doesn’t justify men in women’s spaces.

ghostyslovesheets · 22/04/2025 17:10

Onetimeonlyftw · 22/04/2025 17:08

Fun fact: Women in prison are more likely to sexually assault one another than men are. Rates of sexual assault are highest in women’s prisons. Nothing to do with trans people.

Even more reason to not throw men into the mix then

lifeturnsonadime · 22/04/2025 17:11

justteanbiscuits · 22/04/2025 17:04

That's easy to say. My point, which you are missing, is you have gone from saying men will claim to be trans women to access women's spaces, to men now just need to say they are trans men.

We can tell the difference. I personally know two middle age trans men. Both look like women who've taken testosterone and grown facial hair! You do a double take then you know they are women.

It's a complete farce to suggest that we can't tell.

But men can't masquerade as trans men any way to get access to spaces as the Supreme Court has anticipated the issue and said that service providers should provide alternative facilities.

justteanbiscuits · 22/04/2025 17:11

RedToothBrush · 22/04/2025 17:08

If anyone can explain how my friend's 6'3" son who has declared himself trans is going to reasonably pass, please do explain it in a rational and logical way.

Its just not going to happen.

It's posts like these which is why I have two friends abused by women / anti trans campaigners. Because it's all down to height.

Naunet · 22/04/2025 17:11

justteanbiscuits · 22/04/2025 17:09

How do you know that they are men not trans men?

I dont need to know, both can be removed. Keep up.

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