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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Is anyone on here trans-inclusive?

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plinkyplonk123 · 15/01/2026 00:25

Hi everyone, this is just a quick post to ask if anybody else on here is trans inclusive? I know I’m definitely in the minority here but I just wanted to see.

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Imdunfer · 15/01/2026 08:47

plinkyplonk123 · 15/01/2026 00:27

Basically just saying that you don’t demonise the trans-community as a whole. You don’t have to be completely in support of everything and obviously people shouldn’t have to feel unsafe.

You have just described the vast majority of people.

Mapletree1985 · 15/01/2026 08:48

Taztoy · 15/01/2026 06:17

Anyone can present how ever they like. I don’t care. I’m not interested.

they can’t, however, change sex.

I’m entitled to single sex spaces. The reasons for that are my own but the law says I am entitled to them.

I expect trans identifying women and trans identifying men to obey the law.

Well said. This is my stance as well.

Muffinmam · 15/01/2026 08:49

No. It’s a mental health disorder defined by the DSM.

Taztoy · 15/01/2026 08:50

ThatLilacTiger · 15/01/2026 08:41

Same. My feminism is the hill I'll die on and I'm not blind to some of the difficulties in being both a feminist and trans-inclusive. But nothing worth having is ever easy and I'll also die on the hill that a person's genitals have nothing to do with their human value.

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It’s not about their human value.

it’s about the fact that, as a rape survivor, I don’t want a man in my safe space where I go for support.

I don’t want to see a male body where I’m getting changed.

I don’t want a man in the bathroom where I’m on the other side of a locked door.

And them there amateurs in the Supreme Court agree that sex means sex. So that’s the law.

TheKeatingFive · 15/01/2026 08:50

Pifflepafflewifflewaffle · 15/01/2026 08:45

Yes, but we’re in the minority and the vituperative majority here is pretty aggressive.

so many people misinformed here, like saying ‘I don’t believe you can change your sex’ when to my knowledge (and I work in this field) that’s not what any trans person believes either.

or being against treatment as a child, when most trans adults have known their identity since being infants, and adult transition makes it so much harder to live as their true identity and brings psychological torment that is almost impossible to recover from.

i just hope that the people who pour so much energy into the anti-trans rhetoric plough the same into violence against women and girls- as ever, it’s men that are the issue, not trans people.

Well if trans people don't believe they can change sex, why is there even any debate about men wanting access to women's single sex spaces?

You can't have it both ways you know 🙄

NotBadConsidering · 15/01/2026 08:51

Circle jerk?

It’s a TRA poster on another thread talking about how trans porn is increasingly popular in the UK indicating support for trans people based on “curiosity”.

Is that the sort of circle jerk you mean?

TheKeatingFive · 15/01/2026 08:51

Why is anyone's 'human value' impacted by them having to use the sex specific spaces provided for their sex?

Y'know, like everybody else.

Slightyamusedandsilly · 15/01/2026 08:53

itsthetea · 15/01/2026 07:05

A minority in real life too

Not in my circle of family and friends. All very inclusive of sexuality, gender, ethnicity, class, age etc.

But then we all live in our own echo chambers, hence the MN GC echo chamber.

Mapletree1985 · 15/01/2026 08:54

ThatLilacTiger · 15/01/2026 08:41

Same. My feminism is the hill I'll die on and I'm not blind to some of the difficulties in being both a feminist and trans-inclusive. But nothing worth having is ever easy and I'll also die on the hill that a person's genitals have nothing to do with their human value.

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Most GC posters here would never deny that trans-identifying people have the same human value as everyone else. You're strawmannirg the GC argument by implying we think trans-identified people are in any way lesser humans. Men have the same value as women, and women the same value as men. Stating the fact that transwomen are men does not diminish their human value, and when you imply that it does, you are using faulty logic.

ThatBlackCat · 15/01/2026 08:54

Pifflepafflewifflewaffle · 15/01/2026 08:45

Yes, but we’re in the minority and the vituperative majority here is pretty aggressive.

so many people misinformed here, like saying ‘I don’t believe you can change your sex’ when to my knowledge (and I work in this field) that’s not what any trans person believes either.

or being against treatment as a child, when most trans adults have known their identity since being infants, and adult transition makes it so much harder to live as their true identity and brings psychological torment that is almost impossible to recover from.

i just hope that the people who pour so much energy into the anti-trans rhetoric plough the same into violence against women and girls- as ever, it’s men that are the issue, not trans people.

so many people misinformed here, like saying ‘I don’t believe you can change your sex’ when to my knowledge (and I work in this field) that’s not what any trans person believes either.

You've never heard of Dr Beth Upton I presume? Or India Willoughby? Both are transwomen who are adamant they're now biological females from taking HRT. Willoughby, despite fathering children, claims he now has a cervix.

or being against treatment as a child, when most trans adults have known their identity since being infants

This is harmful and grooming nonsense. An 'infant' (which means newborn to 12 months old) cannot walk or speak and has NO CONCEPT of sex versus gender, or even their own name. To say a baby understand gender identity is quite predatory I feel and absolute bollocks.

Transwomen are men. They are males with penis and testicles, @Pifflepafflewifflewaffle , and unluckily for you, actual Departmental prison data proves transwomen sexually offend 5 times higher than all other males.

loislovesstewie · 15/01/2026 08:54

Pifflepafflewifflewaffle · 15/01/2026 08:45

Yes, but we’re in the minority and the vituperative majority here is pretty aggressive.

so many people misinformed here, like saying ‘I don’t believe you can change your sex’ when to my knowledge (and I work in this field) that’s not what any trans person believes either.

or being against treatment as a child, when most trans adults have known their identity since being infants, and adult transition makes it so much harder to live as their true identity and brings psychological torment that is almost impossible to recover from.

i just hope that the people who pour so much energy into the anti-trans rhetoric plough the same into violence against women and girls- as ever, it’s men that are the issue, not trans people.

Actually there are plenty of people who think that it's possible to change sex. There are plenty who believe that taking hormones somehow changes their whole DNA, that their chromosomes change, they think they are having periods ( despite it being physically impossible), they think they will grow a cervix along with the pseudo breasts. They might just be deluded but they frequently put those ideas out there. And, sadly , influence others.

allthingsinmoderation · 15/01/2026 08:56

plinkyplonk123 · 15/01/2026 00:27

Basically just saying that you don’t demonise the trans-community as a whole. You don’t have to be completely in support of everything and obviously people shouldn’t have to feel unsafe.

Do you think advocating for some female spaces,services and sports is demonising "the trans community as a whole?

TheKeatingFive · 15/01/2026 08:57

Slightyamusedandsilly · 15/01/2026 08:53

Not in my circle of family and friends. All very inclusive of sexuality, gender, ethnicity, class, age etc.

But then we all live in our own echo chambers, hence the MN GC echo chamber.

I'm not sure what you mean by this? By 'inclusive of gender' do you mean you support men in women's prisons and domestic violence shelters?

Theeyeballsinthesky · 15/01/2026 08:57

Slightyamusedandsilly · 15/01/2026 08:53

Not in my circle of family and friends. All very inclusive of sexuality, gender, ethnicity, class, age etc.

But then we all live in our own echo chambers, hence the MN GC echo chamber.

So they are very inclusive of men

in women's sports
in women's refuges
taking places on programmes to increase female representation in STEM or politics
taking up places on all women shortlists
being in women's rape survivor groups

they're happy with men doing all of that if they say they're women - no other requirement is required to be a TW other than to say you are one

im sure they feel extremely virtuous

ThatBlackCat · 15/01/2026 08:57

NotBadConsidering · 15/01/2026 08:51

Circle jerk?

It’s a TRA poster on another thread talking about how trans porn is increasingly popular in the UK indicating support for trans people based on “curiosity”.

Is that the sort of circle jerk you mean?

Or the one where a transwoman was caught in PlanetFitness in America jerking off in a cubicle in the ladies. But apparently transwomen with penis and testicles who jack off and ejaculate in womens spaces are 'not men'. 🙄What the hell are they then? Because women don't jerk their cock and jizz on the floor in the cubicles!

Slightyamusedandsilly · 15/01/2026 08:57

ThatLilacTiger · 15/01/2026 08:41

Same. My feminism is the hill I'll die on and I'm not blind to some of the difficulties in being both a feminist and trans-inclusive. But nothing worth having is ever easy and I'll also die on the hill that a person's genitals have nothing to do with their human value.

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😍

Theeyeballsinthesky · 15/01/2026 08:58

Just a reminder that it's never because a man is a trans women

it's because he's a man

Slightyamusedandsilly · 15/01/2026 08:58

Pifflepafflewifflewaffle · 15/01/2026 08:45

Yes, but we’re in the minority and the vituperative majority here is pretty aggressive.

so many people misinformed here, like saying ‘I don’t believe you can change your sex’ when to my knowledge (and I work in this field) that’s not what any trans person believes either.

or being against treatment as a child, when most trans adults have known their identity since being infants, and adult transition makes it so much harder to live as their true identity and brings psychological torment that is almost impossible to recover from.

i just hope that the people who pour so much energy into the anti-trans rhetoric plough the same into violence against women and girls- as ever, it’s men that are the issue, not trans people.

😍

Imdunfer · 15/01/2026 08:58

Let's face it our own lawmakers haven't got this right yet.

Only yesterday a tribunal judge agreed that two men had been unlawfully discriminated against by being moved out of their jobs to be replaced by women in order to balance a team. Good so far.

But the judgment read out in court and recorded was that they had been discriminated against on the ground of their gender. Completely incorrect!

In a UK employment tribunal yesterday, heaven help us.,

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 15/01/2026 08:58

Liberalinall · 15/01/2026 00:35

I think trans people have taken a long, adventurous, and difficult journey from one gender to another. Not only is it a huge biological journey - different hormones and body parts - it is a huge cultural journey. I think everyone should give these brave travelers as much support as possible.

Piffle.

Slightyamusedandsilly · 15/01/2026 08:59

Theeyeballsinthesky · 15/01/2026 08:57

So they are very inclusive of men

in women's sports
in women's refuges
taking places on programmes to increase female representation in STEM or politics
taking up places on all women shortlists
being in women's rape survivor groups

they're happy with men doing all of that if they say they're women - no other requirement is required to be a TW other than to say you are one

im sure they feel extremely virtuous

Edited

I'm not going to argue with you. I'm sticking to the subject of the thread.

You are GC. I am not. I support trans people.

Theeyeballsinthesky · 15/01/2026 08:59

Imdunfer · 15/01/2026 08:58

Let's face it our own lawmakers haven't got this right yet.

Only yesterday a tribunal judge agreed that two men had been unlawfully discriminated against by being moved out of their jobs to be replaced by women in order to balance a team. Good so far.

But the judgment read out in court and recorded was that they had been discriminated against on the ground of their gender. Completely incorrect!

In a UK employment tribunal yesterday, heaven help us.,

On the grounds of their sex or because of gender reassignment?

gender is not a protected characteristic in the UK

loislovesstewie · 15/01/2026 09:00

What does 'supporting trans people' mean?

Imdunfer · 15/01/2026 09:01

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 15/01/2026 08:58

Piffle.

This kind of lack of empathy for anyone else's difficulties in life just fuels the flames of trans activists.

It is possible to empathise with the struggles of trans people without compromising on women's rights.

TheKeatingFive · 15/01/2026 09:01

Slightyamusedandsilly · 15/01/2026 08:59

I'm not going to argue with you. I'm sticking to the subject of the thread.

You are GC. I am not. I support trans people.

By 'support trans people' do you mean you support men in women's prisons and domestic violence shelters?

Because if that's the case, you do not support women. You chose men's desires over their rights.

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