Maya Forstater

So @YHAOfficial has gone gender self-ID. Any male can self-declare as a woman and check in to single-sex shared accommodation. If a woman want to avoid sharing with male strangers she has to tell them about her sexual assault. 14 days in advance. And they’ll see what they can dohttps://twitter.com/tempie321/status/1160681731856297984 …

Trans women are not men

They are male. Can you name the attributes which lead you to assert they are not men?

Easily. They live as women 24/7, and experience life as women. They experience misogyny, discrimination, harassment, wage gaps and objectification, as women. Not just because they identify, but because of how they live, interact and are perceived in society.

All that's left to differentiate them is biology. And if that's your only argument as to why "they're not actually women" they're already exceptions to every rule. There are women with Swyer syndrome (XY chromosomes), infertile women, and intersex women.

And they're all still considered women for the same reasons. So I genuinely fail to understand how a transitioned trans woman is any less valid. Because socially, economically, and interpersonally, they are just as much women as we are.