I'm not going to debate this. It's a silly, semantic argument used as a purity test. If trans women were women there'd be no need for transition, no need for angst about pronouns, no need for the "trans." And if you divorce the word "woman" from biology entirely then all men are just women who haven't had surgery or vice versa.

Anyway, I said trans women are male. Which is indisputable. As in trans women are not female. This is literally the only prerequisite for being a trans women. There's so much hyperbole about people not wanting trans people to "exist." Yet when you acknowledge the one fact that is central to trans people's existence; the fact that they transition because males are different to females, you get accused of transphobia. It would be funny if it weren’t so sad.

It used to be the trans commnity that reminded people that sex and gender are different things. This nuance was useful in helping people understand trans people and gender dysphoria. Then suddenly people like you seemed to completely lose track of this difference and in doing so completely undermine the reality of trans people.

As I said in the article, it's so silly to both claim that trans people are just people (which is true) and then claim that none of them are liars or perverts (which is infantilising nonsense). And it's hopelessly naive to think that perverts who ARE NOT TRANS (!!!!!) won't take advantage of policies that allow them to enter women's spaces and claim they have a protected right to be there, simply because they say the magic words; "I identify as a woman." There is abundant evidence of this happening.

I honestly don't know what to say. How to even begin to have an honest conversation with somebody whose brain is so filled with propaganda that basic facts are mistaken for hatred of trans people? What can I say to somebody who reads an article explaining the need for nuance in this conversation so that people don't simplistically claim that trans people are perverts and come away thinking I'm claiming that trans people are perverts? It's exhausting. Thankfully most people, including most of the trans people who commented, understood the very simple point I was making.