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This HAS to be called out as complete and utter nonsense. In 28 years Iâve never - I repeat, NEVER - encountered any hatred from women for being a transsexual, and I work and study along feminists of all hues. I know where the hateâs coming from, and itâs not women! https://twitter.com/lisatmullin/status/1253684624116445184
I have an awful lot to say on this matter; far too much for a Twitter thread and in any case itâs part of a work in progress that I hope to publish once my thesis is done. But I wonât have the wonderful kindness shown to me by so many women trashed by a misogynist troll. #Fuming
Seeing as Iâm hopping mad with the effing TRAs and itâs one hour and five minutes till effing G&T time I will give one example of the love & support that I, as a transsexual, have experienced from women. I was working in local govt in Scotland when I transitioned in the early 90s
Due to reorganisation I had to move office, it was about nine months before my op. On the first day my line manager approached me to voice the concerns of my female colleagues who requested that prior to surgery I use the âdisabledâ lavatory. I had no problem with this.
When I returned to work I asked whether theyâd still prefer me to use the âdisabledâ loo but they were fine with me using the womenâs. A few months later, and even 25 years later this gesture still brings tears to my eyes, I was invited to the womenâs Xmas bash.
I neither solicited nor demanded the invite. It wasnât extended in a patronising manner and at that time there were, thankfully, no âinterest groupsâ to force their hand. The same attitudes applied when I was fit enough to play (mixed) football again.
Make no mistake, âtransitioningâ isnât easy but mine was made so much easier not by gaslighting âtransactivistsâ but by women. From the receptionist at the GP surgery to my work colleagues to my psychologist. I owe all these women a huge debt
and thatâs why Iâll always put womenâs rights above trans rights. And thatâs why Iâm so effing mad at that effing transpersonâs misogynist Tweet right now. Itâs a girt, humungeous and outrageous lie. Anyway, maybe next year youâll be able to read the book which will dispel
some of the dangerous myths and falsehoods âtrans activistsâ perpetuate on a regular basis.
And now itâs only 38 minutes till G&T time!
And now itâs only 38 minutes till G&T time!
