These recordings of our Trans Facts document, written anonymously for RTiE, are read by E. They are also on SoundCloud, where you can listen to the whole piece as a playlist.
Contents:
1. Preamble: the “debate” is toxic.
2. Sex is not binary.
3. Gender is a social construct, but that doesn’t mean it’s not real.
4. This is not a dispute between scientists and trans activists.
5. Feminism is fully compatible with trans inclusion.
6. Trans people do more to undermine gender stereotypes than to reinforce them.
7. Nobody is being silenced for saying sex is biological.
8. Nobody is taking away hard-won ‘sex-based rights’.
9. Trans people’s rights are definitely under threat.
10. The category of ‘woman’ is not being erased.
11. It is not too easy for kids to access trans healthcare.
12. Kids are not ‘being transed’.
13. Puberty blockers are largely reversible, and have been used and tested for decades.
14. Puberty blockers are not the same thing as cross-sex hormone treatments.
15. There has never been a gay or queer liberation movement without trans people.
16. ‘Cis’ is not a slur.
17. ‘Detransitioners’ are not being ignored.
18. There is no evidence for ‘Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria’.
19. Being transgender is not a kink.
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