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Originally Posted by Jamie89

Is this accurate? I would have thought it's more the case that transwomen are more often denied the use of women's facilities (because of the perceived danger of a man being in a womans space) and therefore speak up as a reaction to that happening, whereas transmen often don't face the same denials. I don't know of any transmen who would rather use womens facilities, they use the mens and it just kind of goes unreported and therefore we don't hear about it.

There is one story in the press about a transman wanting into male facilities, and they were told no. There are hundreds and hundreds of cases of transwomen wanting into womens facilities. Transwomen who pass are not an issue at all, as obviously they pass. Its always the very obvious male people who are screaming on about wanting into the ladies...

I know this is not representative at all as its reddit, but I read the 'asktransgender' bit a lot to try and understand more, and its very common for transmen to be nervous about using male areas and they still use the womens (but feel they should be demanding access to the mens so as to support transwomen in their fight ). As its unsafe for them in the mens basically, which it is obvious. A person with a vagina going into an entirely male area and stripping off..well its asking for trouble really isn't it. It might not happen the first time, or the tenth, but eventually they will be attacked.

There was a very sad case not long ago of a transman who was raped by a taxi driver. Apparently they were sobbing 'but I am a man' all the way through and could not understand why he continued after finding out the sex she is 'in her head'. Because gender identity means **** all to most people. You were raped as you have a female body. 'Gender identity' is nothing at all. So sad that some people buy into it so much that they think everyone else does too.