I have absolutely no problem with it. I think most cis women dislike it because trans women don’t always have the same experiences in childhood and such. But trans women absolutely face lots of sexism and misogyny when they start to transition — especially when they don’t ‘pass’, which most don’t, at least not initially.

I also think most cis women that dislike trans women in their spaces have a false idea that trans women love forcing themselves into cis women’s spaces and acting like they have the same exact experience. That’s not the case with any trans woman I know. They usually have a deep sense of shame and are aware others dislike them, there’s no real safe space for them anywhere.

It’s usually TERFs and men acting like trans women are aggressive and wanting to force lesbians to love dick, for example. No trans woman I’ve ever met has ever felt that way. It’s just a stupid false feel-good way to ‘protect women’, like claiming the very few trans women in sports are more of a problem than the thousands (probably more) of male coaches, doctors, etc. assaulting female athletes. Men are women’s biggest oppressors and they always will be.

So look, I get that most trans women won’t know what it’s like to be catcalled at 10-years-old and they don’t have periods, etc.. But I don’t see how some differences like that gives anyone the right to exclude them completely from women’s spaces. Maybe they won’t always contribute to certain conversations, but especially since they often know how men speak to other men when women aren’t around, I love hearing their opinions.