Are those fair comparisons JuzzaL?
When TRAs say "Transwomen are women like black women are women" they are literallt saying that black women are just as much (or not) women as trans identified males. This is supposed to a) tap into white supremacist ideas of black women not being 'proper' women and b) appropriate the battle black women have fought to have their womanhood recognised. Has anyone here said anything comparable to that?
When TRAs attack lesbians it is in ways that are highly sexualised - the cotton ceiling for example is a direct accusation that lesbians who do not open themselves sexually to male people who id as trans are committing a hate crime. Has anyone here said anything like that, or pushed any similar pressure on to young lesbians discovering their sexuality? Are women here guilt tripping lesbians into unwanted sex with them with social pressure?
Madigan is a political figure whose role is to represent and support women, including Muslim women. There is a huge difference between women, mostly feminists, criticising religious practices, and a political representative (allegedly) for women suggesting that Muslim need "reeducating" into lowering their boundaries for male benefit.
So easy for white, heterosexual, non-Muslims to sit there and say this isn't racist, this isn't Islamophobic, this isn't homophobic, this isn't transphobic.
That is a lot of assumptions you are making about many of us in this discussion. Several (most?) of us aren't even saying any of that, just that we want to listen and talk and ask questions about this stuff as we think that is a good way to learn about each other and build solidarity as women. That women from all different walks of life are going to have problematic assumptions about each other that need challenging.
Are your comparisons fair? I don't think so, but I'm prepared for you to argue your point?