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I am okay with some trans women being considered women in some contexts. There are contexts where it will never be appropriate (rape shelters and sports and such) but I don't really care about bathrooms and I am deeply sympathetic to actual trans women who are just suffering with a debilitating mental condition for which the best current treatment available is transition since we don't have a magic pill or therapy to make them accept themselves. Like I won't call Blaire White a "he" because for any practical purposes where I would be interacting with her, she would be a woman in my mind.
My problem is mostly with the predators, trenders, and bullies that make up the noisiest segments of the TRA movement. But maligning them ALL like that hurts people who just got the short end of the stick in terms of mental health and actually ARE just trying to live their lives.
I'm especially sympathetic to post op trans women, especially the ones I know IRL, because that really does a doozy on your sex drive and options for sexual assault so the risk seems relatively low to me, especially since many of them are not attracted to women.