This is going to be a controversial post.
There has been, and will continue to be controversy over gender and the rights of those who identify as one gender, but were born as another to use safe spaces for another. Such safe spaces are felt to include toilets, changing rooms, single sex prisons, schools and refuges.
Personally, I am against this. I an in favour of safe spaces not being based on gender, but genitalia.
And my main reason for this is that it is now accepted by many that there is more than two genders. I was a sceptic when it came to this, but after listening to Piers Morgan my views became clear. His argument was an interesting one, but thanks to his rejection of there being more than the conventional two gender's, it allowed me to come off the fence (for that is where I sat) and the debate cleared doubt in my mind.
But, accepting that there is more than two genders means that safe spaces would have to accommodate all, if based on gender. However, if safe spaces are based on genitalia, it makes life easier and such spaces become easier to define.
Such a view no doubt will offend many, but that is my view at least for now) and it would be interesting to hear views on this.