Andy Shanahan
1 min readJun 18, 2021

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Here's the thing though - not everybody who questions the demands (yes, that's exactly what they are) made by activists is doing so because they 'hate' or even dislike trans people. They're pushing back with legitimate questions about not only safety but the comfort and right to dignity and privacy of women - you know, half the population. This is before we get into how they are supposed to compete in sport. These rights were hard fought for, and entirely necessary for society to create and protect for reasons that are surely self-evident to even the most ardent activist. Not all men, but almost always men is a truism that we cannot yet eradicate - if that's even possible. People born male on average have (generally speaking) a physical advantage over people born female. A self-declared belief in a different reality doesn't change that. We're yet to see good answers to these questions, and note that so far the entire response against seems to rest primarily on calling those people names and assigning hateful motivations to them. I somehow feel the need to highlight this is not an argument, in any sense. You'll have to do better if you really believe we should adopt these measures, and why we should sacrifice the protection of women from harm and discomfort to do so, I'm sorry. People not scared of you aren't seeing it.

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Andy Shanahan
Andy Shanahan

Written by Andy Shanahan

Musician, Audio engineer, Educator. Dear friend to my fellow humans.

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