genuine question i haven’t seen answered before by a transfeminist. how can the law distinguish between a genuine trans woman and a cis man pretending to be a trans woman to get money out of hate speech/harassment in women only spaces law suits. unless thats simply uncommon enough you dont think its a real issue?
This literally never happens and would be actively counter productive if it did (faking being a trans woman would make people less likely to believe you obviously) but if a cis guy is being harrassed I don't really care if he has to identify as a woman in order to get legal support.
Question for anon why don't we see prominent cases of cis men doing it now? Oh wait, they don't, cuz trans women face an increased stigma in the eyes of the law, with laws targetting us and higher incarceration rates due to those laws as well as transmisogyny being built into the systems of power. This question is nakedly trying to erase transmisogynistic power structures. Cis men by and large do not identify as trans women to get out of legal trouble or obtain any kind of standing because being a trans women LOSES us standing. The system is already biased against trans women. If I wanted to gain a leg up in the law or workplace or wherever, I would detransition and pass as a cis man. Dumbshit question.
put succinctly: cis men don't do this because they already have the gender that gives you the greatest advantages in a court of law.
transfeminists aren't spending a lot of time on this question because the answer is obvious if you understand anything about the experience of transfemininity.





















