Maya Forstater

Believing six impossible things before breakfast: @joswinson on @BBCr4today programme https://medium.com/@MForstater/believing-six-impossible-things-before-breakfast-jo-swinson-on-the-today-programme-2770d5e091cf …? These arguments have not been tested against challenge because of the "no debate" approach They do not do well when brought out into the light

2) “This is just like gay rights” - see @janeclarejones https://janeclarejones.com/2018/09/09/gay-rights-and-trans-rights-a-compare-and-contrast/ … This is not just a movement seeking to ensure that trans people are not discriminated against. It is committed to a fundamental reconceptualisation of the idea of what makes someone a man or a woman

3) “Transwomen pose no more risk than women ” - see @K_IngalaSmith https://womansplaceuk.org/2019/11/25/why-do-we-keep-banging-on-about-the-importance-of-single-sex-spaces-for-women-who-have-been-subjected-to-mens-violence/ … There is no credible evidence for this. It is not that men who identify as transgender are inherently violent — just that they are no less violent that other males