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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]How does giving Trans women rights diminish biological women's rights[/b]?

We're all in the same group as "female." I don't care if trans women want to join. The more the merrier.[/quote]

THIS[/quote]

It doesn't. I think JKR is dumb to make this about the bathrooms. I don't care about trans people advocating for rights at all. They should! They should absolutely do that and feminists should support them as an intersectional partner for advocating for equality.

Changing language so women don't exist is the issue. And it is an issue that trans people would I assume not like either, as they would then not have language to describe their own vision of their gender. [/quote]

I don't think the issue is about bathroom as much as it is safe space. JK Rowling is a sexual and domestic abuse servivor and supports shelters for women who have been abused. Her concern is that under Scottish law a man can show up and state they are a women no matter if the person has not had any surgery, not taking hormones, not doing anything to identify as a women but merely state they are a woman. Men historically have oppressed women, she is concerned safe spaces for women are being taken away. [/quote]

This is a specious argument as trans individuals are MULTIPLE times more likely to experience violence for being trans than they are to inflict it. [/quote]

So in Vancouver, a rape crisis center had only women volunteers answer calls to their hotline.   They understood that many women would not feel safe talking to a man about their experiences being raped.  A trans woman wanted to be one of those volunteers.  The center refused, as she still would sound male on the phone.  She was offered other volunteer opportunities that would not put her in contact with rape victims, but she was not happy with that, sued the center, and got them defunded for only serving and working with people who are born women.  These are the outcomes of laws that let people legally change their gender identity.  I think it’s a reasonable thing to be concerned about these sorts of outcomes.  Do you disagree with that?[/quote]

I think a) this is an incredibly rare circumstance that b) has nothing to do with Jo’s garbage and c) discrimination is discrimination. A woman with a deep voice can’t work there? [/quote]

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