Hi MT! My choice to talk about what I did isn’t because don’t see or don’t agree with the GC view on the main focus of this thread, which is male trans people violating women’s boundaries. It’s a huge issue and I considered prefacing what I said to agree with the point Houseplant was making, but decided not to. I want to try and comment in a way that might create discussion rather than just agreeing with the GC posters. I feel like it’s better to focus on any point of disagreement or issue that isn’t getting discussed rather than just agreeing with everyone.

To be clear though, women don’t owe male trans people any discomfort, fear, or risk of harm. “Trans rights” and everything that goes with them are things I am against. I guess the only exception would be if there was discomfort from seeing a visibly trans or GNC person in a public place like a restaurant or the market, who is just minding their business and not using any private space. That would just be something everyone needs to tolerate because other people exist in the world and doesn’t really have anything to do with “trans rights.” This could be said of other things that might make someone uncomfortable. For example, I feel especially uncomfortable with white men or boys with certain types of southern U.S. accents. When I was a child, there was trauma that happened at the hands of boys who talked that way. That doesn’t mean that those people can’t go places in the world, I just have to cope with feeling that way.