Politicians Angela Rayner and Mhairi Black have denied the relevance of biological sex to the protection of womenâs rights. Dr Em responds.

Part one available here.
If transgenderism is progressive then Iran must be the most progressive place on earth. Iran is a world leader on changing gender identity. A gay man or lesbian woman faces the death penalty but a man who is âreallyâ a woman in a manâs body and vice versa fairs much better. As the former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stated at Columbia University âIn Iran, we do not have homosexuals like in your countryâ. Countries which are acknowledged to be the worst to be same-sex attracted in are leading the way in trans rights. Iran is in fact described as âa hub for sex-change surgeryâ 1 and Pakistan is quickly creating a cultural acceptability that if one does not conform to sexist stereotypes one is born in the wrong body. 2
Indeed, transgenderism entails that homosexuality canât existâââif we self âidentify to be a man or a woman regardless of sex then how can one be attracted to a single sex? This is how men with penises argue that lesbians should have sex with them because they identify as a woman. They describe their male genitalia as a âlady dickâ. Heterosexual menâââcomplete with penises and beardsâââargue with feminists that if lesbians would not have sex with them then it is bigotry and transphobic because they identify as a woman. Regularly women online are told to âsuck my lady d***â. 3 For example, Jazmin Frost claims that âCis dudes, thereâs no shame in being attracted to trans women. Also, liking lady-dick doesnât somehow make you gay!â 4 Thus, homosexual attraction is erased, homosexuality ceases to exist. One âZoĂ«âWhoMakerâ insists that âlesbians love trans lesbian lady dick..i for 1 want to say thank u Cameron and iâll share mine with u anyday babyâ. 5 Another trans person with the screen name âjustmythoughtsââ argues ânaw bro itâs a womens dick so unless you take that lady cock in you you hate trans people and want them in death campsâ. 6 One trans individual, Chrissy Valentine, assures us that âIt took me one look at you over the internet even to know youâd be quite fine with a beautiful trans womenâs pretty little lady dickâ. 7 One trans individual using the nom de jure âSkepticalMilfXXâ âtold a lesbian to âHave your trans girlfriend rub her balls and dick on your face until you realize how awesome it is?â 8 One âSleepy-Queersâ informed Tumblr that âthe definition of lesbian is âWoman Who Exclusively Loves Womenâ not âFemale Homosexualâ. 9 Trans is a menâs rights movement which erases womenâs sexual boundaries.
Transgender ideology and your proposition (that male words override reality) Ms. Black is also problematic for Rape cases. Described as âSex by Deceptionâ the act of deceiving another person into consenting to sex which they otherwise, in full possession of the facts, would not consent to is rightly considered Rape. For example, Gayle Newland was convicted of rape and imprisoned for eight years for pretending to be a man to trick her friend into sex. 10 However, Stonewall argues that people identifying as Transgender should in effect get a free pass and their feelings should trump other peopleâs boundaries and sexual orientation. Stonewall comments regarding sex by deception that
cases involving trans people and gender identity issues have revealed an alarming lack of clarity around trans peopleâs rights and obligations to disclose or not disclose their trans history to their sexual partners. These cases demonstrate that it is possible for non-disclosure of a personâs trans status to impair the validity of consent. This leaves a great many trans individuals at risk of prosecution for a criminal offence. It is, however, still unclear as to whether the courts regard this to be the case for a trans person who has undergone medical transition, and it is further greyed by whether or not an individual can be defined as trans, based on their appearance, by the court. Clarity is urgently needed. 11
Stonewall is in effect arguing that it is a trans personâs right to, for example, pretend to be a woman, seduce a lesbian, and then penetrate the lesbian with their penis because the trans person âfeels like a womanâ. The âCotton Ceilingâ is rape culture, it is corrective rape of Lesbians as recorded by the report âLesbians at Ground Zeroâ. 12
There is a global move to argue that a male can be a female without gender dysphoria. We have witnessed Ms Black argue this in the House of Commons. If transgenderism is not based on dysphoria then why is medical intervention in regards to trans children presented as an absolute necessity? More everyday examples of trying to de-medicalise transgender for male adults include Travis argued to his 5,000 plus followers on 1 November 2017 to âstop acting like dysphoria is always something that innately happens and isnât also something that happens cus ppl are shitâ. 13 Kendra C. Goodsonâ asserts that âEducation is an awesome thing, not all transgender people have gender dysphoria but nice try & I could not even #giveafuck about that bigotâ. 14 One âGaskarthâ claimed that âif you experience no dysphoria youâre still trans!/ if you experience minor dysphoria youâre still trans!/ if you experience daily dysphoria youâre still trans!âŠif youâre trans you are trans, there isnât a right or wrong way to be trans!â. 15 Freyja Falke, while insisting that trans women are women, claimed that âgender Dysphoria (which not every trans person experiences) has no backing in anything other than social scienceâ. 16 Gender Identity lacks any basis outside personal feelings and can have no relation or all to do with biological sex. Gender Dysphoria in some cases is understood as a dislike to certain bath and body products. For example âletters-to-lgbt-kidsâ argues that âusing products that are labeled as the gender you were assigned at birth makes you dysphoric or not really depends on the person (and even for one person, may depend on the day or the specific product)â. 17
I hope you would agree that make-up does not make a woman a woman. There is something more to us as people than the way we dress. Or maybe high-heels are not an essential truth of a womanâs humanity. How does a man putting on make-up suddenly then become a woman? How is a man claiming his pretty dress makes him a woman acceptable? How does a manâs choice of shoes change his essential personhood? Would it not be better to say, âIâm glad you like that and are comfortable, it looks nice, well done you for being a man willing to challenge gender stereotypesâ? This is important because saying âyouâre a woman now, because of make-upâ reduces me to a costume, I am no longer a full human being, just a look.
Gender identity ideology is rooted in sexist stereotypes of what a woman and man is. Transgender is a movement demanding women centre menâs feelings over womenâs reality. The proposed legal changes would make this inner feeling a protected characteristic over biology and be damned how others feel. Transgenderism reinforces the gender cage rather than breaking the bars open. We should not be further enshrining sexist stereotypes but rather challenging them at every turn and celebrating people and individuals for who they are regardless of sex. The 70s glam rock and the gender-bending 80âs came close when suddenly men could wear make-up, heels and still be men and be told it was grand.
I am of the opinion that Ms Blackâs insistence that all that is needed to change sex is a statutory declaration is as dangerous as it is ridiculous. First of all, why do menâs words dictate reality. Secondly are you saying men wouldnât lie to gain access to women and girls, particularly when they are vlnerable? We have seen consistently how men will train for years, get careers just to access their victims. Larry Nassar is a case in point. How do you propose to determine if the statutory declaration is fraudulent, Ms. Black, you have just claimed asking for any evidence is wrong and discriminatory.
- https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2019/04/04/why-iran-is-a-hub-for-sex-reassignment-surgery
- https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/blog/pakistan-leading-the-way-transgender-rights.html
- @magicnanners, 01:54 02/08/15, Twitter.com.
- @JazminKFrost, 18:11 02/11/17, Twitter.com.
- @ZoeWhoMaker 23:27 28/08/17, Twitter.com.
- @justdumthoughts 23:32 23/07/17, Twitter.com.
- @chrissyvalentyn 4:37 6/07/17, Twitter.com.
- @goodlyRun Replying to @ZJemptv, 5:33 am 02/07/17, Twitter.com.
- https://sleepy-queers.tumblr.com/post/167287113923/reminder-that-the-definition-of-lesbian-is-woman [Accessed 09/11/17].
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/gayle-newland-guilty-latest-sexual-assault-trial-woman-poses-man-trick-friend-sex-prosthetic-penis-a7814771.html [Accessed 07/11/17].
- Emboldening mine, Stonewall, âA VISION FOR CHANGE: Acceptance without exception for trans peopleâ, p.31 https://www.stonewall.org.uk/sites/default/files/stw-vision-for-change-2017.pdf [Accessed 07/11/17].
- [13]Â https://www.gettheloutuk.com/blog/category/research/lesbians-at-ground-zero.html
- @travisalabanza, 9.02 am, 01/11/2017, Twitter.com.
- @kendrachelsea_g, 21.57 pm. 6/11/17, Twitter.com.
- http://gaskarth.tumblr.com/post/167217689865/psa-to-fellow-trans-men[Accessed 09/11/17]
- Â @FalconGoddess37, 17.31 04/11/17, Twitter.com
- https://letters-to-lgbt-kids.tumblr.com/post/167200354260/my-dear-trans-kids-using-body-lotion-or [Accessed /09/11/17].