Eddy Izzard uses ladies loo in Sheffield.

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Jean Hatchett article on Eddy Izzard attending a Labour Sheffield fundraiser, uses women's toilets, run up to his election as a candidate, uses women's toilets while there.

thecritic.co.uk/eddie-izzard-uses-the-ladies-loo-in-sheffield/

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As someone who was sexually assaulted in a public toilet at the age of 14, I find this horrifying. The man who did what he did to me, walked into the female toilets, forced me into a cubicle, locked the door and made me do things that have scarred me for life. But, he was caught. Thankfully, there was CCTV around the entrance of the toilets that was used as sole evidence of his crime (after my witness statement). There is no CCTV inside the toilets, for obvious reasons, so having video evidence of a man walking into the female toilets, then my account of what happened was basically the whole case.
In this day and age though, who would be believed in that situation? All the man would have to say is 'I walked in there because I identify as a woman and that teenager is committing a hate crime by saying these things about me'. With the extremely low prosecution rates of sex offenders, this is only going to make that worse. It gives men who want to do these things a free ticket into the world they've always wanted to be in.

My attacker ended up doing jail time and being put on the sex offenders register. He had social services involved incase he ever had contact with children. So, more victims thankfully didn't have to go through what I went through. Not going to be that easy now though, is it?

which part of the anatomy that he uses to pee with is transgender??

His penis, which I saw quite clearly as he walked towards me a couple of months ago. He was wearing skin tight leatherette leggings and I could see everything as he wobbled towards me in his six inch high stilettos. I do NOT want to share any female only space with him.

The only hatred is denying the existence of women as a sex class, and subjecting them to erasure and danger as you force your beliefs upon them.

What's your answer to Muslim and Jewish women, or traumatised women, who can't tolerate mixed sex spaces? Why is a mixed sex space not enough for your grandchild? Why must it be women's spaces and nothing else?

@MrsDoyle351
And some of us can’t have a shit because the toilets are full of men

I think I phrased that badly- I’m referring to people saying EI as a transwoman is potentially in danger in male facilities.

if EI wasn’t before and isn’t whilst in “boy mode” when do they become vulnerable?

but it’s rhetorical anyway, because the answer is “never”.

It's not, though. There's usually a mixed sex space for handwashing and mirror checking. And once we've denied that women need sex segregated spaces, it's open season in communal changing rooms, sports, women's awards and so on.

If a locked cubicle is all that matters, why can't your grandchild use the correct one for their sex, or one in a designated mixed sex space? If they literally just want to pee in peace, why does it have to be in a women's space? If it's about weeing and nothing to do with proving a point or staking a claim?

Why do the women not matter?

Mixed sex space, I meant an open space.

@Novum Primark has just announced it will reinstate women only changing rooms because some men have abused women in them.

Eddie Izzard may not cause physical harm to women but he opens the door to any male using female open spaces and potentially abusing them.

What's more important, an individual man's feelings, or boundaries for women and girls?

Eddie has also told us anecdotally that young girls were made uncomfortable by his presence in a toilet. I'd rather be with those young girls thank you very much than Eddie.

Didn’t Izzard have a penchant for using Ladies loos even back in the day when he acknowledged he was a man in a dress? His relaying of the story of being intimidated by three teenage girls who challenged him when he first decided to enter women’s toilets wearing a dress springs to mind.

Bully for you.

I've been a rape victim and am very likely to experience an involuntary trauma response should I find myself sharing an enclosed, sequestered space in which my sex makes me vulnerable, alongside natal males.

I don't get a say in this. Whether they're wearing a dress or not, my unconscious mind KNOWS they have a dick, will clock as much no matter how much I try to train my conscious responses that 2 + 2 = 5, and my body will respond accordingly.

You don't get a veto on women's rights on behalf of others. Women: religious ones, sexual abuse victims, or even those who damned well don't want to cede over their spaces to men for whatever reason seems good to them, also have a right to participate in public life.

Men decide. They take what they want, including womanhood. They don't take no for an answer.

oh for god sake this is ridiculous. Every one knows he is a male. Just because he has took a flight of fancy and wants to live a women doesnt mean he is and doesnt mean he should have access to facilities women use.

Funny how he didnt mind being a man when he was getting paid to star as one in films....

This whole situation is insane and if you are willing to play along with it then you're not a full shilling yourself

zen1 · Today 15:36
Didn’t Izzard have a penchant for using Ladies loos even back in the day when he acknowledged he was a man in a dress? His relaying of the story of being intimidated by three teenage girls who challenged him when he first decided to enter women’s toilets wearing a dress springs to mind

Yes he thought the three teenage girls were being nasty to him. Just shows his complete lack of understanding about being a woman and how we often fear for our safety.

Do we know who the person was who took photos of people using the loos?

Love sly implication here. Darvo at its most subtle

I admit I have an axe to grind here. I have a transgender Grandchild. I hope she never has to experience the hatred shown on here.

Ah "the I'm close to someone who trans" argument as justification for giving away other people's rights.

Lots of us know trans people, some of us have even had relationships with trans people. It's a shame you think women's rights are hateful.

It has nothing to do with appearing virtuous. I do understand that my views may be different to those of a lot of people. I have lived through a lot of changes in my life. I was 18 when homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK. Then, we could never have envisaged a time when people would openly declare that they were transvestite, let alone transgender. These things have always been there, just hidden.
The arguments about men using women's facilities to assault girls and women are spurious. The people perpetrating these hideous assaults are criminals. Nothing to do with being male or female.
Vanessa George abused children in her care in a nursery, so did Jayden McCarthy. We don't stop putting our trust in nurseries because of these two evil bastards. We show our common sense and realise that they are criminals, and in the minority. Being transgender does not preclude you from being a sexual abuser, but neither does it make you one.

Eddie Izzard is transgender. She uses female pronouns, and I would have no problem using the loo whilst she or any other transgender woman was in there. I usually lock the cubicle door

If these magic locks on toilet doors prevent sexual assault and intimidation why can't TW just use the locks in the male toilets? 🤔

I'm so sorry for what happened to you

Izzard is a man, and he's a disgrace going into the ladies toilets.

labour think they already have a mandate and are starting to properly take the piss now. 😡

I admit I have an axe to grind here. I have a transgender Grandchild.

You don't have to 'admit' anything. I mean, it's pretty mainstream now for family members to say that, whatever it means. It'll be the new 'boring' soon.

It isn't about being trans, it's about ceding women's spaces to male people and therefore exposing them to predators. And rendering many women unable to use any facilities at all.

I repeat: why are designated mixed sex spaces, in addition to segregated ones, not enough?

The people perpetrating these hideous assaults are criminals. Nothing to do with being male or female.

Unfortunately crime statistics beg to differ
99% of all convicted sex offenders are male.

He's a very privileged white male rubbing it in women's faces. (I'm sure I will get banned for that) How fucking refreshing Labour - not !
Poor Sheffield. And if Posie stands what's her other views ? How does she stand on the war in Ukraine, fracking , the cost of living , the NHS , climate crisis, the Welfare State??
She's not exactly going to be fantastic for the Muslim population of Sheffield , given her rather "blunt" views ?
As I said , poor fucking Sheffield.
Lots of poor areas around Sheffield who need a decent MP . Fucking help them.

Being transgender does not preclude you from being a sexual abuser, but neither does it make you one.

Total red-herring - it's not being 'trans' people have a problem with, it's being male. Can you explain why we have single sex spaces and why you would like that to change?

Naming 2 female sexual offenders does not negate the fact that men are much more likely to commit sexual offences - why are you pretending otherwise?