You can believe that the women interviewed, the transwomen interviewed and the survey is nothing but lies and made up nonsense.
However:
But the other element of the article is the various examples of the whole thinking around the cotton ceiling from various activists, and from SW itself. And that is not something that can be backed away from - these people have actually supported the POV that "genital preferences" are transphobic.
That's the story. SW thinks genital preferences are transphobic.
This is actually the key point. Its happened in a culture where the institution which is supposed to look after the interests of lesbians is actively and clearly saying that lesbians should reframe their social prejudice and do dick otherwise they are transphobic.
I refer to the following paragraphs from the article:
Hearing about experiences like these led one lesbian activist to begin researching the topic. Angela C. Wild is co-founder of Get The L Out, whose members believe the rights of lesbians are being ignored by much of the current LGBT movement.
She and her fellow activists have demonstrated at Pride marches in the UK, where they have faced opposition. Pride in London accused the group of "bigotry, ignorance and hate".
"Lesbians are still extremely scared to speak because they think they won't be believed, because the trans ideology is so silencing everywhere," she said.
STONEWALL INADVERTENTLY BACKED THIS UP.
As I say, they could have given a different, more considered statement. They chose not to, and instead doubled down and reinforced why gettheLoutfelt they had to do the survey in the first place.
If Stonewall were identifying that a small number of transwomen and activists were harassing lesbians to the point that it was causing a problem and sought to resolve the issue for the good of everyone they profess to protect there wouldn't be an issue.
Instead they actively decided to take a rape apologists line and attack lesbians - arguably at the expense of many within both the lesbian and transwomen communities.
They should focus on the harassment and abusive behaviour not identity, regardless.
They don't.
And thats why there is an issue and thats why abusers feel empowered to do more and the victims are disappearing into the shadows to protect themselves because the very organisation which should be their champion has washed their hands of them and is facilitating and enabling a lot of the abuse.
And its the law abiding, vulnerable transwomen who will be the victims of any backlash because Stonewall are too short sighted to understand what they are doing is institutional level lesbophobia that acts as a trojan horse for mens sexual rights activists.