@SqueakyCarrots
Was actually replying to your other post aspiring but it answers your next question also.
Yes tw eroding women only anywhere is the problem. They are more than welcome at anything that isn’t woman only, but they can’t change the meaning of our words even in seemingly irrelevant and unimportant areas like Ann summers mlms.
‘Trotting along’ because they see femininity as props to become a woman, so wear heels. It’s tongue in cheek, but again that doesn’t seem to translate well.
Sorry I didn't see this post Carrots. OK, so 'trotting along' is tongue in cheek, didn't read that way to me particularly but fair enough.
'They see femininity as props to become a woman'. All of them? Really? Again this comes across to me as a sweeping, negative generalisation which isn't necessary to base any arguments on re female-only spaces. So yes I do view that as fairly obviously transphobic. But I guess maybe it's a bit like being racist - nobody thinks they are, and everyone points at the more extreme examples as proof.
Tbh having read through this thread I have more sympathy with the idea that it may not be safe or appropriate to include transwomen in this instance, but there is absolutely transphobia on display as well.