Yep, again, this is the point I'm making. I see exactly the same problem with "anti-racist" activism. As I said in the article, I think this is a vocal minority who generally don't speak for trans people at large. But they affect perceptions of the trans community. And the extremes of their demands, coupled with the way they attack anybody who disagrees, is really damaging perceptions.

I mean, you say you'd like to carry on in this thoughtful vein, which is all I want to do, but take a look at some of the responses here. You think trans people are the ones who restraining themselves? Really? You think I'd get away with some of the comments being made here if I was making them towards a trans person instead of the other way around? Again, we obviously have different experiences of this debate, but nothing I see suggests any restraint is happening.

Here's the thing. I'm happy to have a debate about whether black people are the same species as white people. Go ahead. I'm not terrified at all. In fact, even the idea that you think it's terrifying is interesting. I don't judge my humanity relative to white people. I don't see them as superior to me or the benchmark of humanity. Therefore, I don't really care how I compare to them. I'm not trying to be seen as "as good as" or "the same as" white people. "Equal to all other human beings" is fine by me. And I am. My being black isn't an identity, it's just a fact. I have zero insecurities about it.

I'm not mad, but I have to say, there's this fascinating vein of unconscious (and occasionally very conscious) racism I keep finding within the trans community. Notably, never when I speak to black trans people.

But here's why trans issues are nothing like black issues.

I am a male. I am just as subject to sex-segregation as any male. But I'm not chaining myself to lunch counters over it, I welcome it. Because even though I pose no threat to women, I know that males overwhelmingly do. And this is also true for trans women (https://fairplayforwomen.com/criminality/). I'm not oppressed because I'm not allowed into female prisons, I'm not oppressed because I'm not allowed to compete in female sports. This is simply a recognition of my biological reality and it keeps women safer.

I recognise the need to protect trans people too. Trans men and women. I just don't think women should be expected to give up their hard-won spaces to do so.

Again, please feel free to make the same arguments about black people and white people. I'm all ears.

It's fascinating to me that this article has been seen by some as an attack on trans people. It's nothing of the sort. It's a warning. And not in a Goodfella's kind of way. I'm sure you've heard about what's happening with Macy Gray and Bette Midler. This is a symptom of people waking up to some of the things happening in trans activism. It's a symptom of seeing how vicious the trans community can be when confronted with, in some cases, simple facts. It's a symptom of the public seeing how brutally they attack women, in particular, when they speak up for themselves.

The people doing that are your enemy. Not me.