I need a handhold I guess. A male friend from my uni days just posted a "Transwomen are Women" article on his social media page and I responded in the comments with "except when they're not and are abusing womens rights to safe places". What followed was an onslaught of abuse from all his fb friends and even an order from him to not make transphobic comments on his page.
What has me feeling shaky though, is we met late one night when I was at uni. I had just been sexually assaulted in the bathrooms by a gender bending "friend " of a friend and he helped me get myself together and walked me home even though it was raining, to make sure I got home safe. I feel utterly betrayed by his post and subsequent response to me, I even commented again saying survivors of sexual assault shouldn't be denied their sex based rights. I've been called every name under the sun by his friends and he did nothing to defend me. I'm feeling so disillusioned right now. What has happened to people that its become acceptable to abuse sexual assault survivors in order to show how woke and accepting you are?