I've definitely become more aware through the poisonous, transphobic coven of terven educated and intelligent posters on MN. It is worrying, not so much because I expect the worst "what ifs" will actually happen, but just the general overreaching of powers being displayed.
I do find the whole issue very confusing and complex, though. And I also confess I just don't understand the rationale by which people "who are so repulsed by their own genitalia that it makes them suicidal" somehow get to identify into a group with different genitalia. Why is it only genitalia that is a recognised dysmorphia that permits identification into another group? If someone was repulsed by their skin colour, or height, or anything genetically fixed, they wouldn't be able to change it, or identify into a different group while telling existing members of that group that actually, they are more deserving because they've had other struggles to deal with and the existing members are so priviliged... They would, quite rightly be given sympathy, but be told that their body is who they are, their body is great as it is, they can do whatever they want (legally!) with their body, so just learn to accept it and live with it. Why is there even the possibility that sex is the only thing that people feel "wrong" about that can be addressed through NHS treatment, surgery (or not) and societal acceptance of their dysmorphia (or whatever it is)?
And why is it acceptable that women (and presumably lesbians and gay men) are told to accept these new "members" into their category (no double entendre intended), whereas there is no acceptable way or huge rush to self identify into the category (and safe spaces or similar) of BAME people, or disabled people, or old people or any other protected groups? Though, having said that, I have heard of people with disabilities that haven't seemed to have hindered them previously being included on SNP regional party lists shortlists prioritising such disabilities, so maybe it does happen. Obviously people with disabilities have adjustments made to help them, but they can't identify into a non-disabled body, and they don't insist that everyone else has to use the same adjustment (in many cases having had to fight hard to get them in the first place so strongly discouraging it!).
My feeling, though, is that the other groups are seen as "proper minorities", whereas women are just there due to some historical accident and shouldn't have these rights/ safe spaces any more, because they don't need them and don't deserve them. Which I can't put down to anything other than misogyny in society in general, sadly.