The guidance is wishy-washy and milquetoast, as are most things British, (including the food) but at least it is something. And it does kind of acknowledge that women have as many rights as trans people. What a concept!!
Despite the fact that a study in Britain showed that men would claim to be women in order to be put into women’s prisons primarily so they could re-offend (they are mainly rapists) this guidance does not cover prisons or sports.
A week ago, women bicyclists said they would boycott a major event if a man was allowed to compete. British Cycling shut him out on a technicality (he’s still listed as a man in their files). The fact that lowering testosterone levels below a certain point for a year does not negate the muscle mass and other characteristics that come with growing up male is starting to be recognized.
World Rugby doesn’t allow men to play at the elite level (probably because a lot of biological females were ending up in the hospital).
An activist for female rights brings up some good points and brings an important fact to the front–that many of today’s issues regarding transgender come from the medical profession (she doesn’t say it that way but…) She says:
Biology is a thing and it matters. On a lot of levels. And a tiny minority should not be able to override the rights of others. The word woman is a descriptor of a person with specific characteristics, including XX chromosomes, and is not something that can be changed to be ‘inclusive’.
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