Thread by @BlanchardPhD

The reason I emphasize postoperative transsexuals’ access to washrooms is because the ability to void outside of private homes is important for participation in normal life, including work. 1/5

Gender-critical folk who do not want male-to-female transsexuals using women’s washrooms could simply argue that the necessity of urinating or defecating while in public is transsexuals’ problem, not women’s problem, and that it is up to transsexuals to cope as best they can. 2/5

That viewpoint, however, is out of tune with modern sensibilities, which prohibit any expression of “That’s your problem, not mine” toward any minority group, even when such a stance might reasonably be justified. 3/5

Many gender-critical folk attempt to square the circle by denying that transsexualism is a bona fide psychiatric disorder, or that surgical intervention could possibly be justified for any psychiatric disorder, or that sex reassignment leaves patients as distressed as before. 4/5

This moves the argument from the moral sphere to the empirical one, where I think the gender-critical folk are actually on shakier ground. Sex reassignment is not a perfect solution, and it may disastrous for ROGD girls, but it is still the best available for selected cases. 5/5