Thousands of people shared their Peak Trans stories on r/GenderCritical before trans activists managed to pressure Reddit into censoring us. If you shared there before, please share again.
Many of us accepted the claims of trans activists, wanting to be tolerant and kind, until we really listened to what they were saying and compared it to our own knowledge and experience.
Can "woman" be just an identity, divorced from biology? Can penises be female? Can men give birth? Do trans women really have periods?
Is it fair for males to compete with girls and women in women's sports?
Should people be forced to "accept" that trans women are women, and be compelled to say so? Should people really be censored for disagreeing, or saying anything contrary about it?
Should women be called "cis women" even when they don't identify with sexist gender roles, just because they aren't trans? Doesn't the claim that gender is some kind of natural, inborn psychological phenomenon contradict decades of feminists saying gender is a limiting social construct that is forced on us by society?
Should girls who don't like dolls or dresses be treated with double mastectomies and lifelong hormones? Should we be cavalier about prescribing puberty blockers to children when they can cause life-long health problems?
Should women be shamed as trans-exclusionary for talking about our reproductive health and anatomy? Are "pussy hats" transphobic?
Is it acceptable for lesbians to be bullied for not wanting to have relationships with trans women? Doesn't the struggle against the "cotton ceiling" contradict everything we've been saying about enthusiastic consent and rape culture?
Should women be denied the option of not seeing a penis in a women's shower room? Is it really transphobia that makes women alarmed at seeing males in women-only spaces? Is it actually transphobic for women to not want trans women in women-only rape crisis centers, domestic violence shelters, or prisons?
Should women never be allowed to exclude males from any women's spaces, groups, or events? Are people who disagree with what trans activists say really all "trans exclusionary radical feminists" or "TERFs," even when they aren't feminists or trans-exclusionary?
What is peak trans?
Many of us called this “peak trans”—that moment when you realize “trans rights” are not really about supporting a marginalized population, but about undermining the rights of girls and women and bullying people into accepting transgender ideology. –Thistle Peterson: How I Became the Most Hated Folk Singer in Madison
Are you ready to reach peak trans? Or you just want to know what those "TERFs" you've heard about are saying so you can debunk them? Read on... and get ready to add your own story!
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I came here because I have no idea where to talk about this stuff. It is sad that in our society today, we can't simply disagree about things, even important things, without being treated as pariahs.
Fo me, I don't think it was a sudden thing. Once upon a time, I had a trans colleague and I thought my other (male) colleagues were assholes for giving our trans colleage a hard time. I still do. Even if I now think that I could at least be decent to a trans colleague, because it likely doesn't affect me at all. But of course there are larger issues at play. It just took me a long time to realize what they are. I'm now not sure there is any such thing as gender dysphoria. My colleague and others like him likely have a variety of issues and have somehow latched onto gender dysphoria as the cause. I also think it's appalling to treat children with "gender-affirming" care. I cannot believe liberals/progressives have fallen so deeply for this dangerous snake oil. Kids' lives are being ruined by this. Doctors and psychologists really need to take a step back. Do some actual science for once.
I used to follow a lot of science blogs and, at some point within the last 10 years or so, they stopped being skeptical about the whole trans phenomenon (bloggers like PZ Myers, who knows full well what male and female mean when it comes to spiders but for humans, not so much). As a lifelong skeptic of everything woo-related (and now including gender-woo), I was appalled. I mean, why can't we as skeptics question the idea that a man can "become" a woman or vice versa, based on how they feel inside. (And why can't we question the whole "born in the wrong body" thing? I feel like I was born in the wrong body. Too short, too fat, too unathletic. It's so unfair).
I started following threads on Twitter or wherever else where women were absolutely blasted for being "TERFs" and realizing that what these women had said or done was absolutely reasonable. So I concluded I must be one, too. But what really started to infuriate me is when the powers that be decided we could no longer use the word "woman". Incandescent rage. And even worse is the completely ignorant bullshit that "all sorts of people can menstruate, not just women." I beg your fucking pardon? THOSE ARE WOMEN, WHATEVER THEY CALL THEMSELVES. And this is the crux. People can dress however they want to, even change their names (but they should not get upset if people forget), but to expect other people to go along with your delusion? Not a damn chance in hell.
And then there is (are?) sports. Women's sports are still not taken seriously (at least not by a lot of men). It wasn't that long ago when women were discouraged from running because their uterus would fall out or something. Now, they are expect to cede places to men just because some men are under some kind of delusion that they are women. I'm sure it's just pure coincidence that these men were not winners in their chosen sport until they became "women". Hmmm.
I see this movement hurting women most of all. I do feel a bit icky even holding opinions that might cause people to think I identify as a conservative or Republican (they might be accidently right sometimes but it's more like a blind pig finding an acorn). Even my partner, who is a good guy, has been taken in by some gender-woo. But I'm working on him.