Not relevant to the current discussion but I need to vent. I was looking at local groups on meetup the other day and all the women-only ones said they were open to "everybody who identifies as a woman". In most of the groups I could easily see men with lipstick on in the members list, even in the tiny thumbnail. I complained to my partner and she said "well to be fair they're not allowed to say 'cis women only' are they?" Which is true but therein lies the rage!! Why the duck not!! And why should it even need to be said?! As a white woman I don't try to attend groups for Black women even if they don't explicitly say "no white women allowed" because I'm not an idiot, and if I were to do blackface, I would fully expect not to be accepted, never mind being welcomed. In fact I know some white-passing people don't feel at home in Black spaces because they don't "look the part" at first glance. So why do women have to accept men who have ~the spirit of a woman~ or whatever jargon they come out with? (Rhetorical question, I know exactly why)
And another thing, why do TRAs insist on saying that GC women "don't speak for all of us"? I think that fact is well established. TRAs are the ones claiming to speak for all of *us* by insisting that TWAW and that TW pose no danger and should be allowed in all single sex spaces.
And another thing, why do TRAs insist on saying that GC women "don't speak for all of us"? I think that fact is well established. TRAs are the ones claiming to speak for all of *us* by insisting that TWAW and that TW pose no danger and should be allowed in all single sex spaces.
