[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Redway

The ‘incompetent to practise’ remarks are a little tongue-in-cheek. No-one’s seriously disputing their competence as a doctor. Just that … you’d expect a doctor to be able to, at the very least, know and accept indisputable biology. When all’s said and done, cis. is cis. and trans is trans. I say that as someone who supports trans rights probably more than most people. I still have the sense to draw the buck somewhere.

This is the problem though how do you draw lines with the mantra "trans women are women"? there has to be a clear distinction and woman already had a clear definition which is now being distorted (really aggressively trying to be distorted) because of that mantra. Transwomen are not women, this is why I don't like the description "cis", by accepting that label you're saying that cis and trans are both types of women and that just isn't true. Transwomen are men who prefer to present as a woman which is fine, no issue with that just don't try to change laws around that to make it a more unsafe and uncomfortable world for women and girls. We rely on clear language so we can have the protections and spaces we need. This case is just proving how a simple gesture like repeating that mantra to "be kind" can snowball and end up eating away at women's rights