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!

(sorry for typos)

I assume you also identify as an elite swimmer and so will be doing you splashing around in the fast lane.

Good luck.

We’re all behind you. It will be very interesting to hear how it goes.

@MilkTwoSugarsThanks I said the same thing on another thread.

*Perhaps we should all go to our local CLPs and self-id as a man - just for the night.

Mansplain, talk over people and accuse anyone of talking over us as transphobic, manspread, demand to use the men's toilets and complain that urinals are discriminatory, ask the gay men to fancy us and then say they're transphobic when they don't, tell them discussing prostate cancer is discriminatory, fart and belch and do all the other stereotypical things men are supposed to do because you feel like a man and tell the trans women to "calm down dear" and "suck my fanny lips".

How long do you think we'd be allowed to act like that?*

Good luck. Let us know how it goes!

Hmm... let us know how it goes

I predict a lot of stammering, umming and arrrrring and a “I don’t know what the fuck to do it say” look on their face.

Good luck! You go, bro

Brilliant. Well done.

Good idea.
Best of luck!

This is brilliant

My DH and I wish you luck!

Good luck! I bet they won't know what hit 'em!

Maybe we can organise a swimathon of 'likeminded bros' at the Hampstead men only pond?

They surely can't discriminate against transmen, right? Right?

Fantastic - very interested to hear how you get on!

Problem is this is also a win win for men irritatingly. They would bloody love bare breasted women in the changing room whereas we don’t want penises in our changing room 🤦🏻‍♀️

Ha ha!

Do it.

Crikey!

Do let us know how you get on...

Very keen to hear how this goes

Would love to know how you get on, good luck bro!

Enjoy your swim!

I would be interested to hear how you got on. I agree with SleepFreeZone because the issue is that while you may identify as a male, if you still look like a woman you will be ogled at by the men judged whether you like it or not. And, unfortunately most people will just think it is an attention seeking stunt.

Good lad, manly supportive slap on the back

Hmm. I no longer have breasts. Or nipples. Where does the law stand on public nudity with me then?

Those of you referring to the OP as "he" are deliberately misgendering her. She clearly stated she wasn't going to ID as male until 10am. I shall report you all to MNHQ for actual violence towards a poster. Transphobes the lot of you!

One doubts very much I'd get ogled...