| > I don't understand believing that trans people (or whatever other belief) are a major threat, but I understand getting heavily involved in policies around trans people if one were to somehow believe that trans people are a major threat. You are presenting a strawman argument, and then declaring you can't believe that others believe this. The truth is, they don't believe that. What women like J.K Rowling argue is that women's and girl's rights are harmed by insisting that trans people be treated for all purposes as their declared gender without regard to their birth sex. They argue that women and girls by virtue of their sex need single-sex facilities where males aren't admitted, no matter how that male self-identifies. They argue that treating adolescents expressing gender confusion with puberty blockers and surgery is extremely harmful and morally wrong. And it's clear from recent surveys and polls that clear majorities in most western countries agree. An example of this is a recent poll in the UK regarding its recent Supreme Court judgement on the interpretation of its Equality Act. [1][2] Regardless of the position you take on this, nothing is to be gained by not engaging with what others are actually saying and arguing. [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/supreme-cour... [2] https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/half-of-labour-... |