Moderation of trans issue and terms

Explain what was horrible.

Transwomen are biologically male. The argument is they would be uncomfortable changing with biological males as they are women.

But for them to change in the women's changing room means that now the women in that room are likely to be just as uncomfortable, as despite their gender identity, they are biologically male.

The poster also alluded to a young boy being upset about sharing a space with a person with breasts.

What about a young girl sharing a space with a biological male.

Why is the discomfort of the transwoman and young boy in this scenario more important than the discomfort of natal women and young girls?

But I am a transphobe and a bigot and a TERF and any other name that could be thrown at me for my 'horrible horrible' attitude.

Do you not consider the poster I was responding to a misogynist for dismissing the feelings of women. Is that not a horrible, horrible attitude?

Some of the commentary here is little more than pointed personal abuse at this stage.

It highlights the intent here, to silence dissenting voices under the pretence of kindness.

Assigned Sex? Assigned by who, God?

I thought gender was assigned "by society'. No one is assigning sex, it just is, even if some people want to change its physical characteristics (which is there business).

And yes, we all know a <1% of people are intersex

just going though this out of idle curiosity I gotta say - you couldnt make this sh1t up.

is there actually a single actual trans person here or are we all getting offended and re-offended 'on behalf' and 'twice removed'?

you people all need to get off the internet, seriously

A trans woman can go where they like as long as they don't make other people uncomfortable, if women in a female only changing room are uncomfortable with a biological male invading a private and safe place then they should definitely use any other place to change but there, trans rights do not trump anyone else's rights.

A biological male with breasts should think of their safety but maybe they should think about whether or not taking hormones or having surgery to give themselves breasts is a particularly good way to go when others are put in a position where they have to make allowances for them.

Whether you believe it or not but drastic action like surgery to remove appendages or forcing your body to grow breasts by taking hormones only the opposite sex can grow is something that will always be outside of the norm and the needs of the absolute minority should never impede on the day to day normality of other people.

Allowances can of course be made but where it affects anyone else then your the problem, not anyone else.

I think @volchitsa has come to a reasonable conclusion because:

a) you linked to a site which advocates a use of language that makes it difficult (if not impossible) to refer to people in biological terms.

b) you made the comparison between the treatment of trans people and the treatment of black people in the southern states of the US.

Now that I think of it, I'd like a ban on the phrase " the mask slips", or anything in a similar vein. If anyone has a problem with a post, they should spell it out rather than trying to insult the poster.

For the sake of the debate let's pretend this relative exists, aside from the beard and hairy chest, have they testicles? Have they the ability to produce testosterone? Have they the physical ability of a man of similar weight and height?

My question is have they the same ability to make a woman feel like they're under threat at any given time as we have been led to believe on here and other social media platforms? If so why on earth would any real man, as we can assume your relative is, why would any real man want to make any woman ever feel like that

Any parents here will likely remember being at their 20 week scan and being asked if they wanted to know the babies sex or not.

So sex isn't just observed at birth, in the biological sense it's very much observable in utero.

It isn't pedantry when discussing language terms especially when it actually matters.

I mean, absolutely no one 'assigned' your baby her sex at birth.