HumanGayMale

Britain’s first LGBT housing scheme… ‘LGBTQ+ people told us that as they age they need a bit of extra support’…sorry, what?!

In brief: we need to accept that when one person says “I am trans” it does not mean the same as when another person says that. And, indeed, that their shared political interest depends, in crucial and consequential ways, on that difference.

What should they do?

One thing I keep coming back to with bathroom bans is that removing trans women doesn’t remove risk. It only removes some perception of risk. Women can assault other women. Men can break the law regardless of signs on the door. Bad people don’t follow rules. In most areas of society, we accept that risk can’t be reduced to zero, so we punish wrongdoing instead of restricting everyone ahead of time. But in this debate, the standard sometimes becomes: if harm is possible, access should be restricted. That’s not how we handle risk anywhere else. Imagine driving privileges, guns, etc., all being handled that way?

This is honestly like saying ‘let’s wait until the cancer reaches stage 4 before starting chemotherapy’. Who’s advising here? Puberty needs to be blocked at the start!!