On the hostage situation statements, it's absolutely inane to claim that women as a class are more privileged than trans invididuals as a class. Robin Moira White is not inherently less privileged than a trafficked Vietnamese nail bar worker FFS.
On language: clear, lowest common denominator language is part of the NHS health communication unit style brief, for good reason: people can and do die from unclear language. This is basic pragmatics that has been known since the days of Quintilian FFS. The people / bleeders business goes completely against the direction of travel in health literacy work. I always want to say to the "what, you don't think women are people?" brigade on Twitter, "how are you doing, carbon-based life form?"