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The trans movement is a men’s rights movement

I care about this issue because I am a feminist and have spent much of my working life supporting girls and women in empowerment.

I was a social worker latterly and also fostered girls so am fully aware of the damage that had been done to them, emotionally, physically and sexually. 

I feel that the trans movement is a men’s rights movement. More importantly I believe that it is covering up for paedophilia. It is dangerous.

I have raised awareness of the harm the trans movement does to girls and women. This is to my family, friends, groups I belong to and to my MP. I have written to the safeguarding leads in every school in my local town and the surrounding villages raising safeguarding concerns. I have attended events regarding women’s sex based rights. I have completed consultations on self ID and have written to English and Scottish MP’s to either raise awareness or to thank them for their intervention. I have leafletted a local school to inform them of the threat to children. I regularly share relevant stories or information on Facebook. 

Lastly I have donated to crowdfunding ( including your own) and have signed countless petitions. I am lucky as I no longer work so have not had to deal with any issues in a workplace. However I have found that some people have either not believed what I am telling them or have stated that  they do not want to know. Family sometimes ask me not to talk about it at social events.

 Sara S, Retired Social Worker

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We were absolutely clear about the need to dismantle sex stereotyping (aka ‘gender’)

I got involved with lesbian and gay activism and then feminist activism in the early 1970s.  We were absolutely clear about the need to dismantle sex stereotyping (aka ‘gender’).  And now it is being amplified despite all the successes we thought we’d had.

I raised the issue of the Labour Party deciding that trans-identified men counted as ‘women’ for the purposes of all-women shortlists et al.  I’ve talked to innumerable friends and acquaintances and a few relations.  I’ve spoken at two public meetings (in Newcastle).  I’m involved in the Labour Women’s Declaration Working Group and in a small group doing some research and analysis for the LGB Alliance.

I got absolutely pilloried in my constituency Labour Party….  One friend is suspicious of what I say but not totally disagreeing.  But that’s all.  I’ve had it easy compared to many.

Alice Bondi, retired psychotherapist and very long-term feminist (as in second wave feminism)

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This all just feels like the same old misogyny in a new package, and I’m appalled by how many women are falling for it

I care because the basis of women’s oppression is and has always been their female body. To me, it feels completely wrong and like a new, “progressive” form of misogyny to deny women the language to talk about their own oppression.

The ideology behind the trans movement is logically inconsistent and inherently sexist – that “woman” is an amalgamation of sexist stereotypes, that women could somehow identify out of the violence and oppression perpetrated against them, that men could somehow identify into experiencing life just like a woman, that women who speak up are deserving of hatred, threats, losing their jobs, or violence.

This all just feels like the same old misogyny in a new package, and I’m appalled by how many women are falling for it. Men I might expect, but the women who enforce it are the most painful of all.

I have spoken up on social media and I have donated to feminist organizations. I don’t feel like I have done enough. Most of my speaking up on social media has been under the protection of anonymity, and when it hasn’t been, there was backlash. I’ve also spoken to certain people in my real life about this, and have found that most people tend to agree once I’ve explained my thoughts to them. I have been threatened and called names online.

I have been told that I am a bigot, that I am hateful, and that I need to be “educated” (I hold a doctoral degree in human biology and have never expressed hatred towards anyone identifying as trans).

These things have been said by strangers as well as a close friend. I have had my Twitter account suspended multiple times for saying things like, “Men cannot become women.” I work in a professional career, and although there have been no professional repercussions yet, I really fear professional repercussions if I were to continue to speak out.

D, feminist scientist, USA

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Because of my profession, I cannot share my name

I participate actively, every day, and have done for the past several years, anonymously on social media accounts.

Because of my profession, I cannot share my name. I donate regularly to local and international women’s organizations. And I sow seeds in my professional environment.

I have received threats of rape, death, beheading, disembowelment, etc. I have lost friendships and social supports.

“Lavender Amethyst”, Radical Feminist Psychotherapist, USA

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I have helped set up and organise groups and events

This matters to me because women must have the right to define ourselves and  to our own spaces, so we can organise politically for our rights, and be physically safe.

I have helped set up and organise groups and events, spoken in social media, and posted other people’s blogs and information, written to parliamentary select committees,

I’ve been given the silent treatment and spoken of very negatively in general terms. But I don’t speak up as much as I would like, in order to avoid further abuse.

Roberta, 1970’s second wave feminist,  lived in women’s communities, single parent. socialist

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Healthcare Parent

I want to protect my lesbian daughter, and all the other girls out there

This issue is important to me because I see the risks to women and girls. I want to protect my lesbian daughter, and all the other girls out there.

I’ve attended public meetings of GC feminists, debated on social media and talked to a number of women IRL (in real life). I’ve donated to a few fundraisers and signed many petitions.

I have had difficult conversations with my children, who are split, two pro GC and two anti GC. I have been endlessly insulted and threatened on twitter. I’ve had temporary bans for harmless comments.

JD, Feminist, mother, worker, New Zealand

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Being woman is not a gender or men’s idea

This issues is matters for women because being woman is not a gender or men’s idea. Women is oppressed by men. Not because we ‘identify’ as women we suffered because we born biologically women

I posted a i.g post and ig stories about Why transgender (Genderism) is harmful for women

One of my friends DMed me and said that ‘ you are ignorant as fuck because you currently living Asia so you can’t understand how important to understand transgender ‘ and she said that if you are feminist you MUST understand a transgender.

And 10+ ppls cancelled my account.

JuyoungI instagram:crisp_summer_air /naver(st.korea) blog: young_in_wonderland, Korea

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My belief in free speech is not only to protect my right to speak, but also to HEAR

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

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I am a detransitioned FTM and we are never heard or cared about

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

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I ran a marathon while carrying a flag that said “SAVE WOMEN’S SPORTS”

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