Oof...

https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/16/transgender-woman-18-sexually-assaulted-girl-10-morrisons-toilet-8914577/

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/teesside-woman-accused-using-sex-22260053

https://meaww.com/princess-zoee-andromeda-love-convicted-male-rapist-transfers-women-prison-rapes-disabled-inmate

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2016/10/transgender-woman-pleads-guilty-target-dressing-room-voyeurism/

Let's be crystal clear here; I'm not pretending this is typical behaviour for trans people or that trans people are predators. I could find this many examples of men assulting women in five minutes and I'm not saying that all men are predators either.

But this trope that these things never happen needs to die. Yes, they do. They happen in women's prisons too.

https://www.womensliberationfront.org/news/condom-purchases-and-sexual-assault

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/11/karen-white-how-manipulative-and-controlling-offender-attacked-again-transgender-prison

The question is, how best to handle this? And we can't have that conversation if every attempt is met with accusations of transphobia and hatred.

Trans people are absolutely not the enemy. The problem is this baffling push to make it forbidden to acknowledge that there is such a thing as a woman. And to acknowledge that sex-based rights and protections serve a purpose.