This is a common claim brought up by transactivists, but it applies only to transwomen of color who, going off the biological definition of sex, are homosexual (and thus attracted to males). They often have to make a living as sex workers too, so thatâs at least three different factors that put them at increased risk. White transwomen, on the other hand, havenât been shown to have any statistically elevated rate of violence against them, but what they do have is an increased rate of violently assaulting and even killing othersâoften lesbians who refuse to have sex with them. Iâm not trying to fearmonger, but there are plenty of articles detailing incidents like that. Anyway, the point also stands that TRAs falsely claim that all trans people are being rampantly murdered, when in reality, theyâre appropriating the deaths of a smaller, at-risk group.
I completely agree that sports arenât as important as the other issues being raised here, but itâs illustrative of the larger issue, ie. that many TRAs use accusations of transphobia as a battering ram to push into sex-segregated spaces which women fought to get.
With regards to your analogy, even accepting the whole âgender identityâ idea implicit in it, it doesnât matter whatsoever. People recognize other peopleâs genders/sexes/whatever and refer to them accordingly. If I see a burly, bearded man, or even a slim, feminine man, Iâm still going to recognize them as male. Thereâs only so much one can do with regards to âpassing,â but thatâs a two-way streetâone can only expect society to infer so much from only a passing glance. Furthermore, women who have been abused by men shouldnât have to have males in trauma shelters. Since you brought up mental health, theirs matters too, especially considering their incredibly vulnerable position in society as abuse victims.
As far as âtaking their word for itâ with regard to actual medical treatments, thatâs just not how medicine works at all. If I walked into a doctorâs office and told them I was suffering from chronic pain and Iâd off myself if they didnât prescribe me painkillers, they rightly wouldnât just go along with it. Hormones and permanent surgeries arenât exactly over-the-counter sorts of treatments either. Iâm sorry to be blunt, but thatâs just how the medical system needs to be to function effectively.
With regards to your advice, first of all, I never used slurs to attack trans people or called them pretentious. Letâs keep that straight. In response to your actual advice, Iâll just say this: the community ISNâT figuring itself out. All youâre doing right now is dismissing the very real and pervasive issues that have been occurring as nothing more than the actions of a few extremists, which is the exact opposite of taking collective responsibility to work to fix the problems themselvesânot just public image cleanup. Today, women who bring up these things, or even just say no to sexual advances, are called âtrans-exclusionaryâ and ruthlessly no-platformed. To me, that doesnât speak of an introspective, self-criticizing community, it speaks of the exact oppositeâone which is entitled and complacent.
Obviously everyone deserves some modicum of basic human respect (until their actions increase or decrease it). No one should be discriminated against or denied control of their own body and personal identity. About your last sentence, though, ârightsâ donât include the right to break down sex-segregated spaces and peopleâs sexual boundaries. They never have, and no matter how many TRAs dishonestly cry âtransphobia,â they never will.
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