Many cis women don’t want a possible ban of trans women from single-sex spaces, and fear wider consequences of judging on appearance

Many cis women don’t want a possible ban of trans women from single-sex spaces, and fear wider consequences of judging on appearance

Solidarity with trans women

Many cis women are supportive of trans people and don’t want them to be excluded.

Not In Our Name is a cis female led trans-rights group. They describe themselves as a “collective of women who reject the weaponisation of our identities to justify discrimination. We want the media, government and other bodies to focus on the real threats that prevent women from thriving.”

Over 103,000 cis women have signed their petition that calls on “the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community”___

    • Andy_R@feddit.ukOPEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Who doesn’t read an article?

      Supporting trans women is a rational take.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 days ago

        What?!

        I’m saying “all” makes the entire statement worthless…

        I have no idea who you are, but it seems you’re upset at me personally?

    • OfCourseNot@fedia.io
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      11 days ago

      I get what you’re saying. The article is like ‘100k cis-women (out of ~35 mil) are against this. We’re not terf island anymore!’.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Exactly, I thought that was obvious…

        Although I’m always quick to admit I have a problem over-estimating people.

  • Armand1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Most cis women who are against trans women being in “their” bathrooms are either hardcore bigots or trenders. Trans women have been using womens bathrooms for decades and it’s only recently people started to care.

    Cis women shouldn’t want bathroom policing because they could be harassed too for not looking womanly enough. Trans exclusion therefore often overlaps with mysogyny and racism.

    Banning trans people from bathrooms often bans them from all but disabled / gender neutral bathrooms. A trans man can neither go to the mens nor the womens. This means many trans people will not be able to go out comfortably, and mah not be able to get jobs where those bathrooms are not available. Because of this, bathroom bans are a disproportionate action that violates humans rights and discrimination laws.

    We all know this is an absurd moral panic and the fact things have gotten this far is a national embarassment.

      • Skyrmir@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Sadly the government has decided to hurt all women in pushing for these new hate rules.

        They wrote a whole project about it.

    • BonkTheAnnoyed@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Trans women have been using womens bathrooms for decades and it’s only recently people started to care.

      I remember, one labor day before the coordinated propaganda campaign, stopping at a rest stop on a rural highway and there being a longish line of women waiting for the bathroom. I was so nervous, but got nothing but smiles and “over here, girl!”

      This was the default behavior before the manufactured bigotry