Yes agree. Self ID without safeguards could allow men into women's spaces and that will put women, including trans women at risk.
Self-ID is as disastrous for transsexual people as it is for female people really.
Ignoring the fact that when businesses adopt a selfID model, the very men that transwomen are using the womens to avoid can just follow them right in too, the behaviour of rabid transactivists and their ridiculous demands (that seem to be getting worse by the day) IS bringing on a bit of an 'anti trans' sentiment. I have noticed a shift in tone among friends when discussing this topic recently. Because transctivists are getting louder and louder, and more OTT and blatantly misogynistic in their behaviour. They are making things worse for transsexual people, no doubt about that. As are these 'transtrenders'...with their lady dicks and bullying of lesbian people.
I understand transsexual people just wanting to keep their heads down. but it will be them who have to bear the brunt of the public backlash, which is going to be coming before long. At that stage, transactivists and 'transgender' people will just step back, maybe stop yelling about being women and such. But, transsexual people cannot do this as this is actually their lives. They are (on the whole) not doing it just to be cunts to women, they are not actively wanting to roll back womens rigts (like TRAs/MRAs), they just want to get on with their lives in peace. I have yet to see a transsexual person say that they support 'selfID'. Why on earth would they? They can easily get a diagnosis for sex dysphoria, as they have sex dysphoria. Even the 'cost' issue thats brought up a lot is not really an issue, as the cost is means tested, so you only have to pay if you can afford to. The only people self ID will benefit are pisstakers, and perverts. Also quite concerning is that it was proposed by the Tories, who very much want to slash NHS costs. And I do think that at least part of their motivation was to stop the NHS from 'treating' sex dysphoria. if its not an illness, there is no reason to dedicate NHS funding to it is there? Which will clearly detriment transsexual people, who do often need to transition.
Transsexual people can see this as much as women can. But it will be transsexual people, and women, who bear the brunt of this, if it does go through. I am starting to be hopeful that it really has been kicked into the long grass. But it still baffles me when I see people saying they support self ID, and never being able to give an actual reason for this? Besides 'we should just be nice'. But..being nice is all well and good, even a small bit of thought into the topic though throws up concerns that need to be talked about, not shut down.