Strongly agree that it's time to stop firefighting and start pushing back. They've been 10 steps ahead at every move so far, we need to take back the power somehow.
Also, the impact assessment, we need to make sure that this is done from the position that TWAM.
"is it safe to let men who identify as women in women's shelter?"
NO. Easy.
But if you start from the view that TWAW then there is no conflict.
"is it safe to let women who are trans in women's shelter?"
Yes, they remain single sex
Yes, we wouldn't exclude any other women
Even if you say "no because they still look male/ are male bodied" you'll get "but but but how do you know? What does a man/woman look like? You're just stereotyping. Are you going to exclude butch women too if they look too masculine?"
Remember Janet from the select committee, how she said that some of the survivors at her shelter had been upset by the inclusion of a "male presenting" TW and she gave that stupid tinkly laugh and said "what does that even mean, there's no right way to look like a woman". It was so disingenuous, it really boiled my piss. And that TW convict who was almost moved back to the male estate for being "male presenting" and argued around it based on the fact that they couldn't prescribe how a woman was supposed to look. If you start from the premise that TWAW then there is no conflict with inclusion in female spaces, and no prescriptions that can be made on behaviour or appearance (within the law).