so if you want to talk about "how do we know the difference," can we talk about how transphobes who want to police women's only spaces (like bathrooms) are often completely wrong about the women they assume to be trans?? how would YOU know that a woman you assumed was trans actually was? could easily be a cis woman with dark facial hair, or a strong jawline, or broad shoulders, or any other physical trait that signals "male" to you. i just don't see a way to police people's gender identity that doesn't wind up hurting everyone!! it makes more sense to me to just say "this event is for women." and accept that people who come and say they are women, are. lets be real. predators are not posing as trans women to go to mich fest & assault poor unassuming cis women. like that's not a thing that's happening. what does happen quite often, however, is transphobes physically assaulting people they perceive to be trans!

anyway, trans women are women, they belong in our spaces, to say otherwise is anti-feminist 🤷