As I've posted before on a few threads...
As a transsexual person who is vehemently opposed to self-ID and stuck in the middle of this debate, I can honestly (off the top of my head) say that there are no rights that we don't have that aren't covered by other pieces of legislation.
This is purely a push for men with "gender feelz" to gain access to protected women's spaces because they "feel" like women - whatever the hell that's supposed to mean.
As someone with a very strong transmedicalist viewpoint, those people (such as myself) with diagnosed gender dysphoria, and are subsequently going down a medical pathway, already have all our needs covered. If I'm perfectly honest, some of those needs have been at the expense of women - but that's another discussion altogether.
Most of these men don't have true dysphoria - it's AGP plain and simple. They won't go down a medical pathway (apart from to possibly obtain hormones so they can get their "laydee boobs" to further their delusion). They will not go for gender reassignment, because they love their "laydee dick" too much. To be honest, in their current state I doubt half of them would even get through the GRA process anyway.
Some of the threads in the last few days, written more eloquently than I can, have suggested that the GRA should be repealed altogether - and I am starting to agree (especially with the provision for civil partnerships, same sex marriage etc). Everything else is just basically to change a sex marker on a birth certificate... why? It's a lie and you can't erase your history.
To date, I have not seen ONE compelling argument the TRAs (or their charity lapdogs) have put forward to convince me that self-ID is either furthering trans rights or protecting trans rights.
It may be a sweeping generalisation but all transsexual people want to do is just get on with our boring mundane lives with a bit of privacy. We don't want to infringe on anyone elses rights. Our medical treatment eases our dysphoria to the point where we can live with better mental health and function as close to normally as possible. That's it..... nothing more.....
As others have said, yes these threads can become an echo chamber for a certain viewpoint - but those views are important and need to be spread to protect those whose lives are about to become a whole lot worse if this nonsense goes ahead.
The *trans community does not need any more rights that aren't governed by existing legislation. The transsexual community does not need any more rights that aren't governed by existing legislation.
The ONLY people who need more rights are the women and children who need protecting from these feckin' nutjobs, fetishists and sex pests with their "feelz".