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Vicki Dunn's avatar

I agree with your conclusion. Trans gender rights are an expression of human rights. And human rights don’t really matter in a world which ubiquitously accepts difference and where individuals are free to express themselves as long as they all respect and care for the good of others.

But it makes no sense to establish a transgender right that overrides and actually negates women’s rights to safe, women-only places and activities, including ablution blocks, public toilets, women’s refuges, sports, particularly those where age and gender differences are already established for reasons of health, safety and sporting fairness, especially given that women remain endangered by the lack of social respect exhibited by some men. I would add, having followed the issues arising in Scotland around the placement of a transgender person, born male, into a position of responsibility - leadership - in the women’s refuge movement, that it appears that person had little to no respect for women. So it was not OK to give those women’s rights to a transgender born male. And I think this precedent is something to learn from.

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H8SBAD's avatar

Absolutely!

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