Don’t use feminism to hide behind your transphobia when you’re actively excluded a group of women. Please provide proof of a Lib Dem MP calling for the removal of all biological from Parliament. Terfs are clutching at straws, really trying to scaremonger and pretend our womanhood is being erased. It’s dangerous and a lie
I can't remember his name, I'll keep looking. But ask the question to yourself, if you believe transwomen are wholly and completely women (and female) would you be happy with that split?
What am I excluding them from? They can still be in parliament, just perhaps not on an all women shortlist.
I am a feminist because I believe female people are oppressed by the patriarchy because of their bodies (as the childbearing sex). I also believe in dismantling gender roles so anyone can live as they please without certain clothes, activities, personality traits being linked to sex.
Fwiw I fully support transwomen with Gender Recognition Certificates being welcomed into all female spaces. The issue is with self ID laws that allow anyone to demand they be treated as a woman. We have already had violent male bodied people (eg "Karen White") be placed in womens prisons and go on to rape their vulnerable inmates and self ID isn't even law yet. Rape victims are told they must refer to their rapist as "she" in court. We do not trust the system to keep us safe.
The trend is to make women move up, make space, change our language so it's inclusive, but these questions are never asked of men. Why can't we make men's spaces safer for all men no matter what they wear? Why don't we make the men's category in sports "open" so any trans person, or women, can enter while protecting the female category?
I want trans people and women to be safe and happy, we need to be having sensible conversations about how best we do that.