Not all transphobes are the same

I am transphobic. I do not consider a transgender person to be anything other transgender. This means that I consider a transgender man to be a transgender man, not a woman, not a man. I also consider one who is before transitioning to be different to one who has undergone gender reassignment surgery. The same applies to transgender women. I do not consider them to be men or women, but I view each as a transgender woman, one with or without a penis. 

I think that pronouns should be respected, but I think that it is silly to advertise your own if you do not wish to do so. I consider it rude to refer to India Willoughby as a man, she does not consider herself to be one anymore. Likewise, if someone prefers to be referred to as Ms, as opposed to Miss or Mrs, then that should be respected. 

I think that in areas, such as toilets and changing rooms, where segregation has occurred by biological sex, it should be replaced by genitalia. I have no issues with gender neutral or unisex spaces existing, especially as we live in a world with multiple gender identities, but ideally, people should have the choice to go to places there they can be segregated. There are many devout followers of many religions who believe in segregation based on biological sex, and a compromise based on genitalia is, in my view, the best way forwards. 

 

I think that sports should have the right to protect women’s sports based on biological sex and I do not consider it to be a violent act or an act of genocide against transgender people when a sporting body excludes transgender women from completing with women. Each sport should have the right to make its own decision on this as the advantage that going through male puberty will vary from sport to sport.

However, when it comes to degrees of transphobia, it appears that I am not as bad as others.  Here are a selection of videos which I find to be horrific.  I think comparing someone who is transgender to a paedo is wrong.  While I have concerns about children de-transitioning later in life, I think that refusing to accept that some children are going to continue to be transgender as they get older is silly and a total ban on treatments including surgery for those under 18 is wrong.  I also think that not accepting that people can realise that they are non-binary later in life is also barbaric.  I have seen too many people living a lie because society feels that they have to conform.  Let me know what you think of them (and my views) in the comments.  I am of course happy to discuss this on Twitter, or X as it is now called.  Normally though, civil discourse tends not to happen there, but it would be great to have some.