1/ For people who've known me a while, before I crossed over to The Dark Side & became gender critical, and who are possibly shocked & think that I now hate trans people, here is a hopefully short thread summing up what I think.
2/ I believe some people have gender dysphoria. I care about access to well-evidenced treatment for people with dysphoria. For those dysphoric ppl who decide to transition, I care that they have the means to thrive in our society.
3/ I think that Woman = Adult Female Human. I don't think there is another definition possible, that is not either circular & therefore meaningless, or based on sex stereotypes.
4/ I believe that women need to remain as a recognised class, because we have particular needs that male people do not have, and we need to be able to talk about these clearly.
5/ I think that there has been regulatory capture on this issue, and laws have been rushed through without proper scrutiny.
I think that dissent has been silenced in academia, in medicine and in wider society.
6/ I believe that many people are being harmed by the way this movement has gone. Groups affected include lesbians, other women, dysphoric children, children hurt by reinvigorated sexist stereotyping, and transsexuals.
7/ I think the Left has fallen for this partly due to entirely understandable compassion, but also due to a tendency to squash dissent and demonise those with different views.
8/ I don't know what the law needs to be on this. I think it's a really difficult issue. I just think we need to be able to talk about it.
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