Me: Those aren't reasons why transwomen are Also women, they're reasons why transmen are Still women. Having a mastectomy doesn't make a cancer survivor less female, and it doesn't make a transman less female either. Growing a beard doesn't mean a woman with PCOS, cushings or CAH is less female, and it doesn't make a transman less female either, and so on.

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Newly convicted or remanded transgender prison inmates will initially be placed in jails according to their gender at birth, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has confirmed.

The policy was confirmed in an urgent review which found a double rapist being placed in a women's jail did not put female prisoners at risk of harm.

However, the SPS said it received "conflicting" details on Isla Bryson.

It also called for an urgent review of admission rules for some inmates.

UK — Portsmouth, England.  A court has determined that a woman’s “behaviour became criminal” when she sent messages “demonstrating hostility towards trans people” while challenging an individual who said men should be permitted access to female facilities if they identify as female. On October 2, Ivy Burrows tagged Chinzia Ogilvie in a tweet about the women’s suffrage movement, Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court heard. In the tweet, Mr Burrows, a man who identifies as a woman, took the position that men with a transgender identity should be granted entry to such sex-specific female facilities as the women’s toilets.

Ms Ogilvie responded to her rival of five years, leading to a seven-hour Twitter exchange between the two.

According to solicitor Tim Sparkes, who represented Ms Ogilvie in court, the “discussion point” was Mr Burrows’s belief that “transgenders should be allowed to use female facilities with [Ogilvie] taking the contrary view.” Mr Burrows became the first to use a derogatory word, Mr Sparkes told the court, and Ms Ogilvie then “lost her temper.”

Ms Ogilvie pleaded to a charge of sending by public communication an offencive and obscene message. In a victim impact statement, Mr Burrows told the court that Ms Ogilvie “misgendered me” during the exchange, made “comments about my genitalia” and suggested that his insistence on entering spaces where girls and women may be in states of undress made him a “paedophile.” The public remarks “led to me being anxious and stopping me going out,” because “I am a transgender woman and am scared of the consequences,” Mr Burrows claimed. “Her harassment made it difficult for me to be out as a transgender woman in Portsmouth,” he insisted.

“The anxiety the defendant has caused me has led me to rethink who I am and to think about returning to the closet.” Describing the exchange between the pair as “distressing,” Prosecutor Graham Heath said the comments about his genitals had left Mr Burrows feeling “disgusted, violated and degraded.”

Mr Sparkes argued that Mr Burrows, who hails from Samuel Road in Fratton, is not a fragile victim, but a “political activist” who has been debating Ms Ogilvie for five years. “They have set out on a number of occasions so it is not a new relationship or a new argument. Both put themselves out there in the public domain.” He pointed out that Mr Burrows had been the one to start and escalate the exchange. District Judge David Robinson told Ms Ogilvie: “Your views of transgender people are not criminal, but actions that show hostility toward trans people, such as sending offencive messages, are a crime.”

women who are being stalked and actually harassed and bullied relentlessly cant even get a restraining order or anything at all - but if you say that some guys cock has no place in the womens toilet and he doesnt have the right to shower with little girls then youre a criminal and instantly get charged with a crime.

A man in Essex county, England is causing concern amongst locals, especially parents, after being spotted loitering near children’s schools while wearing a schoolgirl uniform. In response to complaints, Essex Police is insisting the man “does not pose a risk,” and has warned the public against sharing photos of him on social media. 

Throughout the week, the unnamed man has been wearing the uniform of a young schoolgirl while wandering in proximity of two schools, one primary and one secondary. In the United Kingdom, primary school ages range from 5 to 11, while secondary school aged youth can be as young as 11. 

It has been noted that the uniforms of the man reflect that of Belfairs Academy, which is in the vicinity of the Highlands Boulevard School and Milton Hall Primary School in Southend-on-Sea. He has been seen near both of the schools this past week, as well as on the public bus when children would be taking it home after classes.

On January 19, official school uniform supplier Paul’s School and Workwear addressed the fiasco in a Facebook post, revealing that the man had been purchasing some uniform items from their shop.

The post explained to the public that “the full Belfairs uniform did not come from us,” but went on to confirm that the man had been in the store this week purchasing “a Grey box pleat skirt that he said was for his granddaughter.” The supplier announced they had banned the man from their store, and encouraged members of the public to call police if they see him. 

“This is to be taken seriously as he needs help and no-one would know his mind set. Reports say he dresses in Belfairs & Milton Hall uniform. If you see him – STAY AWAY and call 101 to report where he is.” 

Some in the community were appreciative of the uniform supplier’s firm stance on the matter, while others insisted that the man is free to dress as he pleases. One woman responded to the supplier’s post on Facebook, thanking the store for warning members of the public.

“Thank you Paul’s School and Work Wear for taking this seriously. A grown man hanging around multiple schools and staring at young women and girls on a bus used by school children is premeditated for sexual gratification – no matter what the mental health diagnosis is. I agree this man needs help…”

The commenter continued by invoking the memory of Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old woman who was kidnapped, raped, and murdered by a serving London Metropolitan police officer who used his status to handcuff and kidnap her. 

“Why should our girls be made to feel scared and have to move to other parts of the bus on their daily journey to and from school. The police say no crime is committed which is true technically – but by saying no risk – this tells people that police think its okay to alarm and distress young girls in this manner. This is not okay I do NOT want my children exposed to this.”

Another comment under the post from Paul’s reads: “We keep pushing the boundaries of acceptability. Grown men in children’s clothes hanging around schools is not acceptable and yet again police do nothing.”

Paul’s School and Workwear even addressed those who were defending the man’s behavior and added a comment to their own post.

As reported by Echo, the Essex police have identified “the person dressed in an inappropriate outfit in the vicinity of a school in Leigh,” and “have discussed the incident with the person,” saying they understand the community’s concerns but reiterating “this individual does not pose a risk.”

This was paired with Essex police’s urgent request to stop sharing photos of the man on social media citing that they “could have a detrimental personal impact on those concerned.” 

Essex Police did not refer to the man with any gendered language like “man” or “he,” but worded their statement in carefully-chosen neutral terms. 

As photos of the individual began to circulate on social media, many began to express disappointment with Essex Police’s seemingly relaxed attitude on the matter, with many taking it as a failure to protect young children and, in particular, young girls. 

One mother posting under an alias on motherhood forum Mumsnet said, “He’s been seen around schools – both primary and secondary – dressed as a schoolgirl (in their uniform). I am fucking outraged that the police don’t seem to think that’s an issue. God forbid we offend men or shame their fetishes.” 

Popular UK-based Twitter account @ripx4nutmeg has also called attention to the fact that Essex Police are trained by Stonewall, an LGBTQ activist organization which heavily focuses on trans rights. 

On their official website, the force states “Essex Police believes in dignity for all and are on a journey of incremental improvements, including how we can better include and enable the aspirations of people who are LGBTQ.” 

As noted by some women keeping an eye on the situation, the lack of apparent concern for safeguarding women and girls seems to be a pervasive problem amongst UK police.

As of 2021, there were hundreds of allegations of sex-based violence perpetrated by police officers in the country being recorded every year. Following the Sarah Everard tragedy, the Femicide Census revealed that they did not feel tackling such violence was a “police priority.” Since 2013, there have been at least 16 women in the United Kingdom killed by a serving or retired police officer.

In the past year, there have been multiple cases of police officers in the Metropolitan force serving the Greater London area were convicted of rape.

In the past week alone, a long-serving Met police officer has made international headlines for a campaign of rape he committed against vulnerable women.

David Carrick, who worked with the Metropolitan Police for almost two decades, carried out “a relentless campaign” of violence over 17 years against 12 women. On January 16, Carrick admitted to 49 counts of rape and other sexual offenses. Just weeks prior, Met constable Rupert Edwards was charged with raping two women in two different communities.

if the boys who punched me and laughed at me and called me an ugly dyke non-stop had been allowed in these toilets, I might not have made it out of secondary school alive. seriously.

Sign in any country

1.) Read feminist literature. Read the scum manifesto, read Beauty and Misogyny, read Irreversible Damage.

2.) Find other women in your field of interest, especially if your interests are typically masculine.

3.) Read about gender nonconforming/ butch women in history. Watch shows with GNC or/and strong women in them. Surround yourself with content that portrays women as multidimensional, human and fleshed out.

4.) If you need reduction surgery to feel comfortable in your body, do it after extensive therapy. Find a competent surgeon. Don't rush into it. Breast reduction can be a quality of life improvement, but it has risks associated with it.

5.) Start using the words that make you uncomfortable. Call yourself a woman. Call yourself a girl. Use she/her. Stop using neutral words for your female body.

6.) Follow detransitioners/ desisters on social media.

7.) Dress in a way that makes you most comfortable. If that means wearing men's clothes, then own it!

8.) Realize that people arent going to see you exactly how you see yourself, and that's ok.

oh wow, it also exactly matches the amount of men who beat their wives, its almost like women have the right to defend themselves against physical violence and use it. (the stat goes up to around 50% for all egyptian women, this is just married women)

also, you know what the true reason likely is? it is revealed through the fact that 66% of the women accused of violence in the survey have been divorced from by the man because of it. in egypt, men can divorce by saying 'talaq' three times. women have to go through a difficult, expensive, and discriminatory divorce court where they may not even succeed because if she wants any kind of alimony or support for her and her children, it has to be at fault divorce where the husband has demonstrably harmed her in some tangible way. so what makes sense to do for an abusive husband that you do not have the means to divorce? throw a slipper at him or a slap on the face that does nothing but bruise his ego, in order to spur him to say three talaq out of anger (even in momentary rage, if it is said three times, it is irreversible).

‘I’m pretty sure that the majority of my sexual experiences in my teens and 20’s were done out of politeness’ says Maya, 28. ‘You end up in a situation where you’re worried about offending someone if you don’t go ahead – whether you’ve led them on or what they’ll think about themselves if you back out at the last minute. And in relationships, I’ve had sex when i definitely did not want to but just kind of felt bad about not doing it – what if the other person thought that i thought they were crap in bed or didn’t fancy them anymore?’