I backed the funding campaign to support people's right to express their views about gender self-ID. I don't have set views on the issue, + don't know the details of the case. But working through the pros+cons requires space for reasoned debate https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/lost-job-speaking-out … @MForstater
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I agree that we need to collect sex and gender data (and maybe in some cases even sexuality data). I agree we should have a discussion about it, mainly because most people don't understand the issue. However, I found Maya's post doing more harm than good to the topic.
We don't usually talk about doing harm or good to a *topic*. Topics are matters of conversation. "X was inaccurate, confusing, wrong because Y", "I disagree w their premis or conclusion because Z..." yes. But just stating someone talking about a topic "harms the topic" ? 
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maya, the words you use to describe people question their fundamental human rights. this is not encouraging conversation. sure, there is room for debate around the topic of gender vs. sex. one-sided discussions like the ones you have presented and promoted remain unproductive.
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Sarah, you use the word TERF transphobic to describe gender critical people (presumably specifically me here?) https://twitter.com/SarahEOV/status/1125859149353558018?s=19 … Are you aware that "TERF" is associated with threats of violence against women? This is not encouraging conversation. https://terfisaslur.com
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Sorry Maya, I had other things to do today and had to go off before I was able to tweet another response. I think it is doing harm because it only shows specific opinions on the topic, which is your right to do (personal views have biased, everyone has bias).
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Again this seems an unusual test of "harm". I wrote an article not a PhD. I made the case that the impacts of overriding provisions for women & girls as a sex, w provisions based on 'gender identity' or 'expression' are underexplored and that that there should be evidenced debate
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This is the era where feelings and infantile tantrums override rationality and facts, and where words are supposedly as harmful as violence. A good book on this topic is "The Coddling of the American Mind".
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