The end result of you voicing your "legitimate concerns" is trans people getting victimised.
So we shouldn't have any discussion in case trans people get victimised. Should we also shut down public discussions? Which discussions is it OK to have?
It doesn't matter to me whether the reason for trans people being trans is a mental illness or not. What matters is a small group of people being able to live difficult lives as best they can without other, completely unconnected people poking their noses in and making difficult lives worse.
And I think most people would agree with that. Unfortunately a group of loud and obnoxious people started insisting that using sensible language was somehow anti-trans, that questioning inclusion in women's sport was anti-trans, that questioning the ability of transwomen to access women's refuges was anti-trans. That not allowing adolescent children to have access to hormone blockers was anti-trans.
Fault sits on both sides, and is largely those that want silence whilst pretending that open discussion* will magically make people commit suicide who have built the problem up in the first place.
A respected author tweeted a message
"‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud? ".
The message was simply to highlight the silliness of not using the word "women" in case it upset someone.
she followed this up by controversially stating-
“If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth,” she tweeted. “The idea that women like me, who’ve been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because they’re vulnerable in the same way as women—i.e., to male violence—‘hate’ trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences—is a nonsense.”
She continued, “I respect every trans person’s right to live any way that feels authentic and comfortable to them. I’d march with you if you were discriminated against on the basis of being trans. At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female. I do not believe it’s hateful to say so.”
It's hard to see how that equates to her being a transphobe GC who hates trans people.
I cannot see how people can read this eloquent explainer and yet still heap abuse upon a woman who writes books:-
https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/...ns-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/
What
@AuroraSaab has said echoes what JKRowling has said - and repeatedly she has been told that she is wrong. That she is the only woman who thinks like this. We have been told by HMS Dave that none of the women in his family agree therefore it's rubbish. Isn't it possible that women have different opinions, and that their concerns should be listened to?
All I’m asking – all I want – is for similar empathy, similar understanding, to be extended to the many millions of women whose sole crime is wanting their concerns to be heard without receiving threats and abuse.
Why is that wrong?
*see also refusing hormone treatment, puberty blockers, surgery etc
