Can people really think that saying trans women are male and not female be hateful? I thought even the most sold on gender identity didn't claim Transwomen were literally female, just that the word woman meant gender identity not sex.
I posted on high profile NHS Trans Leader account who was celebrating herself and how difficult everything was for her and I thought it was really unprofessional. I got accused of transphobia (obviously) defended my position and got a pile on from her trans supporters. i remained calm, used no slurs or bad language, explained my position, never misgendered anyone, used male instead of man.
These are the tweets Twitter upheld as hateful:
"Women - adult human females. Trans women - adult human males who identify with the female "gender" Simple"
In response to "We've all reported you"I said :
"Reported for saying that trans women are male?"
In response to saying the Equality act did exclude trans women based on their sex and accusing me of thinking that because I thought trans women were (their word) "icky":
"The Equality Act already does exclude trans women based on their sex, not because they are icky (stop projecting) because they are male."
In response to "We've all reported you" I said :
"If I get banned from twitter for stating that trans women are male, it says more about twitter than the truth of the statement. You aren't female"
(they reported that too.. Hateful to Twitter?)
In response to the person talking to her audience rather than directing comments at me and calling me "they" as in all GC people :
"They"?. We (you and I) have been going round in circles since the beginning, because it all hinges on the whether Trans Women are male. If you don't accept that, we are arguing about your religion. I already know that of course."
In response to "We've all reported you" again:
"Well it would be the same report wouldn't it. The only insult is saying you are male....and you are male"
Of course now I've deleted them, it looks like all those tweets really were hateful. Which they clearly weren't.