I don't have any issue with anyone being what they want or calling themselves what they want, but find the refuting of biological facts a bit bizarre. I always fall back to 'believe the science' whether that is in engineering control measures with work, a vaccine say, or what something is 'biologically' by chromosome, or working reproductive organs etc.
I'm happy to get on with stuff, make all public conveniences single cubicles would help a bit maybe? But ex-blokes shouldn't be getting put in womens prisons and then raping someone, or winning medals in sporting competitions too for that matter.
If you have right to choose to be a woman, shouldn't natural born women have the right to choose not to be imprisoned with you or to compete against you in physical contests?
I'm probably sounding out of touch / a loon but that isn't my intention.
So are you then saying that a trans female, who identifies as female, can't be locked up with other females because they were initially born with male genitals, where do we then put them. In a male prison? Thats going to work.
What about a trans female who suffers from physical and mental abuse from their male partner in a relationship? What happens to them. Are they not allowed to use the same facilities?
You can say 'i follow the science', but isn't mental health a science also? Identifying as another gender to the one that you are born with takes serious courage, I can't even begin to imagine what my daughter felt like going through puberty, when all of a sudden you just do not feel right, but can't put your finger on it.
We saw a real change in their personality, when they left home they ended up in hospital through drinking too much, finished and started university courses 2 or 3 times, and just generally drifted. Then, in 2016, during a holiday in the UK, she came out and told us. It was like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. Over time, she returned the person she was before puberty, and we could see the same fun loving, easy going person that she was.
She is very involved in rainbow issues and rights here, has her own blog thingy, you tube vid etc. and I'm immensely proud of how she has turned out.