Ugh, how disappointing. It occured to me after I responded that you were probably playing the “bUt TrAnS wOmEn ARE wOmEn” game. If trans women were women there'd be no need for the "trans" and no need for transtion. It's so tiresome to play these silly rhetorical games with people who are just playing dumb.

But no, actually I'm not saying that trans women should use men's restrooms. Not exactly. I'm saying first of all that we need to be clear what we mean when we say "trans woman." Is a man who has undergone no surgery, hormones or social transition a trans woman? No. If he is, there's no difference at all between trans women and men. So he shouldd use the men's restroom.

Do I think transvestites should be using men's restrooms? Yes, because they too are men. Just men with a women's underwear fetish.

Do I think transsexual women should use men's restrooms? No. And indeed, they already don't. Transsexual/gender women, especially if they "pass" already use women's restrooms and have done for years. And they've done so almost entirely without incident because there was asensible standard for incluision that went beyond "I say so."

The entire point of the article is that nuance is required. And even moreso when you consider that other women's spaces like changing rooms and prisons and rape crisis centres have different exprectations of safety and privacy.