I care because I’m a woman and a doctor. Biology matters.
I have shared concerns with friends, colleagues and loved ones.
So far, I’ve been met only with agreement.
DoctorWoman, A woman and a medical doctor, Ireland
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I think that it is crucial for female only spaces to exist. I was raped in a changing room and I do not wish to see a woman with a penis in a changing room or in the showers of my gym.
I took action against turning the staff ladies’ washroom at my workplace into a unisex washroom. Funny enough, the mens’ room was supposed to stay.
I no longer talk to a few people I was friendly with.
C, Gynaecologist, Germany
This matters to me mostly because of the safeguarding of our children, particularly young girls. I am gay and I also see the damage done to my community.
Gender non conforming kids (like many of us LGB) are told that they are in the wrong body, based on sexist constructs, that our mothers fought to get free of. Not only that, they are doing irreparable harm to their body. A whole generation of lesbian is being erased. My sisters.
I have mostly talked individually to people and in non gender related FB groups I am part of.
I’ve presented research a psychological point of view of the gender ideology. I just can’t do it under my name yet, for fear of retribution in my work and loss of my license if I say that I won’t affirm at all costs.
I have been mostly followed and harrassed in my private message. My main profile on FB got reported and I had to start over with another profile. But the most disheartening is talking to smart people and being told that it just doesn’t affect them or they don’t see how such a minority could change laws.
DR, Gay gender critical, Canada
I care because this affects all females, young and old.
I’m vocal on social media
I’ve lost friends, been kicked out of groups
Vanessa, Australia
I’m concerned about the loss of sex-based rights to safety and security for women and girls, which were long fought for. Also, being asked to lie and to deny reality in order for others to feel more comfortable, whilst seeing those rights being taken away. My belief in free-speech is not only to protect my right to speak, but also to HEAR.
I’m ashamed that my activities have been limited to anonymous comments online, eg. When asked my ‘gender’ in an online form, I fill in “My sex is female”. I’m sure that I would lose friends if I discussed it with them, but I am getting more and more frustrated.
The bravest thing I’ve done has been to attend a public event where gender-critical feminists discussed the dangers of trans-activism.
Since it seems that the only response to such discussions is to scream ‘BIGOT” at those who might question trans-activism, I am ashamed to say that I haven’t really expressed myself publicly to friends.
As a life-long left-wing progressive (as are my friends), I’m horrified that i have allowed myself to not even bring this up in social situations. I’ve seen the negative consequences for those who are braver than me, and I have allowed my fear to silence me.
D, Life-long liberal, which now seems to be a dirty word…, Canada
I can’t stand that women have been harassed for defending sex based rights. That children are being fast-tracked on dangerous treatments. Or that sexual orientation is even being attacked. The behavior of the activists is often abusive and manipulative, and it is downright frightening and angering at times.
I post and share things on social media all the time. I have signed and shared a few petitions and I have tried to speak up about it to people in real life, with mixed results.
Online I have been called a bigot, a terf, a Nazi, a white supremacist, I have been sent obscene images. My accounts have been reported. In real life I have fought with friends over this.
Allison, Haven’t lost my mind yet due to terminal wokeness but getting there, USA
I care because I am a detransitioned FTM (female to male) and we are never heard or cared about. There are virtually little to no resources for us.
I have been published as a case study in the book “Gender Hurts” by Sheila Jeffreys. My autobiographical piece was included in the book “Dispatches from Lesbian America.” I was interviewed in the piece “What is a Woman” by Michelle Goldberg for the New Yorker magazine.
I have a now largely defunct blog where I discussed the path back to embracing my biological sex. I spoke at the Radfems Respond conference in Portland. I have spoken out on Facebook and Twitter. I have been interviewed on video by both The Evil Feminist and by a media channel named Out Here in the Redwoods.
I have been stalked by a trans woman in particular in real life, lost friend groups in both trans activist and radical feminist spaces, gotten doxxed, gotten more rape and death threats than I could count.
I’ve had my physical appearance mocked/ridiculed. Told I was a “failed man” by trans activists and a “mutilated woman” by radical feminists.
Heath Atom Birilli, Just another lesbian woman trying to survive a woman-hating and lesbophobic world, USA
As a woman, I want privacy and safety when I use public bathrooms, locker rooms, etc. I want sports to be fair; I want young female athletes to benefit from them the same way I did, and I want elite female athletes I look up to to have the wins they deserve.
I fiercely believe that everyone has the right to choose the circumstances under which people of the opposite sex see them undressed as well as the circumstances under which they see members of the opposite sex undressed. This is true for situations that affect me, such as public bathroom usage and the sex of the doctor who performs my pap smear, as well as for situations that don’t and hopefully never will, such as having to share a prison shower with a biological male or being pressured to wax male genitalia.
I will steadfastly defend this right to choose not only for myself, but for women everywhere.
I ran a marathon while carrying a flag that said “SAVE WOMEN’S SPORTS” as well as the dictionary definition of the word “woman” (“ADULT HUMAN FEMALE”).
I’ve written to my government representatives. I’ve researched and written speeches, which I’ve delivered at school board meetings of a school district that opened locker rooms to opposite-sex students. I’ve attended demonstrations at athletic events of that school district, distributing flyers and holding up large signs/banners.
I boycott companies who support gender identity ideology. I’ve written to those companies to explain why I’m boycotting them, and I explain my boycotts to others. I’ve signed petitions and used social media to urge others to do the same. I’ve given an interview for a feminist radio show and written an op-ed that was recently printed in a newspaper.
I have been dogpiled on on social media. I’ve been called garbage/trash, a TERF, sh*t, a c*nt, and “the f*cking genitals police.” Someone commented on one of my posts with a picture of an anime girl pointing a gun at the viewer captioned, “SHUT THE FUCK UP TERF.” I’ve been told to STFU, and someone commented on one of my posts with a picture of super glue captioned, “Finally, a line of lipstick made exclusively for TERFs.” Someone commented on one of posts with a meme including an emoji holding a knife that read, “Why be transphobic when you can just DIE.” I was told to “die alone.” Someone told me they hoped I lost “every sponsor or scholarship [I] ever apply for.”
For objecting to male people competing in female sports, I was accused of being “mediocre,” “a terrible athlete,” and told I needed to train harder. Many people insulted the way my parents had raised me, and I was told that I shouldn’t have kids myself. I’ve been accused of having “internalized misoyogny[sic]” and of having the patriarchy “ingrained deep” in me.
Emily Kaht, Just a normal woman who’s finally had enough, USA
As a survivor of trauma from a trans woman, this matters to me because I want other women to be safe and to recognize red flags.
I have advocated for female only safe spaces. I have talked about my biological reality, the health issues I face due to being born female. I have spoken about the dangers I am subjected to due to being born female.
I have gotten a few private messages from long time friends who are trans asking me if I’m transphobic.
KP, USA
I am deeply concerned about the erosion of the right of women and girls. The changes in language and our ability to describe ourselves accurately.
I am horrified that young lesbians are being gaslighted into having sexual relationships with male-sexed bodies. To have university campuses have signs up proclaiming that ‘genital preferences are transphobic’ (I’m looking at you, Liverpool!).
I do not agree with women’s sports being infiltrated by male athletes. I do not consider myself to be transphobic, and much like JK Rowling, think we should all be free to live and love as we choose. However…
…as someone who has been ridiculed and bullied for specifically not ‘liking dick’ forever, to now be expected to accept ‘dick’ as the norm is beyond ridiculous.
I work for an NHS service. I am having open conversations with GNC kids and exploring the issue, rather than jump to affirmations. We are talking about this as a service.
I have had arguments with gay male friends over the use of the word TERF.
RA, NHS worker
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