I am about to ID as a man

[YesItsADebate]

In 1.5 hours, I will be identifying as a gay man who does not conform with male gender stereotypes. I expect my local leisure facility to comply with the Swim England guidelines and agree that I am entitled to access the men-only swimming sessions, the male showers and toilets and to wear swimming trunks. I also expect them to re-educate any other man who objects to any of the above.

In other words, I have a meeting with the local swimming pool at 10 to see whether or not I’ll be resorting to topless swimming and public nudity tonight in an effort to prove my point that the Swim England guidelines are ridiculous

Wish me luck!

Self ID is bollocks especially if they have ladybollocks

the local 'Dads and Tots' group, which meets on Saturdays and gets free bacon butties, whereas the Mums group get to make their own orange squash and pay for the biscuits?

Ugh, same here. It's like the men must be rewarded for spending time with their own children.

Proper update in a sec but I wanted to put my email on here so you got the salient points.

That’s one of the things that fucks me off Ouchbirthhurted. They scream that they are women and demand access to female spaces, while also having their trans only spaces. Fucking hypocrites.

Yesitsadebate thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing something.

@YesItsADebate messaged you.

and a standing ovation OP

Especially for the straight face

Looking forward to hearing their eventual response ...

Well done son! Outcome of this will be VERRRRY interesting. We need more of this type of ‘protest’. It’s a reasonable and actually pretty humorous way of calling attention to the idiocy of self ID.

I don’t often welcome reporters lifting threads, but I hope the press pick up on this. Good for you lad!

Oh OP, this is great. I feel that I may want to follow suit. Since I went to see my MP, I feel like I’ve not contributed.

This statement reads as 100% what an MRA attempting to impersonate a woman would says, fwiw

Or a trans identified male's misconceptions about what transitioning is going to be like

i've a feeling this has got to happen at each and every company and public space that enforces this self-ID gubbins.

I'm not sure I could do it, but I'd love to see this happening across the country, I do think it fully shows the ridiculousness of this policy.

You are very eloquent OP and hope they gave you a satisfactory response!

Or a trans identified male's misconceptions about what transitioning is going to be like

Look when we're not ogling each other in the showers, we're having tickle fights. Or pillow fights in lingerie. Obviously. This is 100% a thing that happens. All the time.

Someone should definitely try this at the Royal and Ancient, and make sure to film it.

Brilliant OP. Absolutely love it. Would it be transphobe of me to ask what you were wearing for the interview? Did you put on your best guyliner and sarong?

Also slapping each other's bums with damp towels. Tee hee.

Well done OP. Queen!

Sorry, King.

Is this not feeding into the TA aims ?

Rather than educating the sports centre as to why this guideline should be ignored, you are encouraging them to follow it.

Once they accept women in the men's area, men in the women's area will be a show in.

Be careful you don't win the battle to lose the war.

Well done lad!

Look when we're not ogling each other in the showers, we're having tickle fights. Or pillow fights in lingerie. Obviously. This is 100% a thing that happens. All the time

It sounds exhausting being bi. I think I’ll stick to being single. 😬

show shoe in

You’re a legend Yes

Also slapping each other's bums with damp towels. Tee hee.

No, that's male rugby players.

Getting on this thread