The person from the Scottish Government asks is it not already covered by perception -- i.e. it is a transphobic attack because the person is seen as transgender even though they are not.
The negative feelings of the attacker are motivated by hatred of transsexuals
No says Tim - they explicitly want it to be a hate crime to attack someone who is known to be cross dressing.
(i.e. including as a sexual fetish)
This is not about "transwomen are women".
It has gone way beyond the philosophical discussions about what is a woman.
If a man dressing in women's clothing for a sexual fetish is considered a protected characteristic against hate crime why not adult babies or furries etc?
Compare & contrast the acceptance of these extraordinary arguments (w no data) with the treatment that Rosa Freedman, Kathleen Stock and Alice Sullivan received for making the cautious argument that discounting male patterns of offending requires evidence
If i wear my husband's shirt some days am I a person who cross dresses?
What if he wears my blouse?
What the Scottish Government actually mean is men who wear women's clothes
As Susan Smith of @ForwomenScot asks - why is one set of people is being protected for sartorial choice and others not....people attacked for being Goths, having facial tattoos, piercings, the wrong football strip or school uniform. Why is one dress sense protected?
Today they suggest that self reported feeling happier and having better relationships with peers justifies stopping children's puberty and putting them on to a pathway to sterilisation
The their reporting as a self help group for parents of children with gender dysphoria is utterly one sided towards promoting blockers
1st of Feb - a year ago today I made this speech @Womans_Place_UK
What an amazing day it was.
As I said then "I am not an academic feminist, not a
professional feminist, not a radical feminist, not a socialist feminist. I am a feminist and I'm an ordinary woman
who knows what a woman is and who refused to shut up about it."
"I will stand beside Labour women, Conservative women Liberal Democrats, Greens SNP and the women who find
themselves politically homeless, Democrats and Republicans, men of all political stripes, transsexuals who do not demand that we deny reality....
Reducing risk of sexual crime (voyeurism, exposure, assault - a risk mainly posed by men) is just one reason we have sex segregated spaces in some situations (privacy & dignity is another).
& Unisex options are often possible so that everyone can be accommodated comfortably
The "Swedish Study" is a peer reviewed long term follow up study of 324 ppl undergoing surgical transition
Included in its findings is that MtF transsexuals retained a male pattern of criminality including violent crime