About the Quiz: Do You Discriminate Against Transgender People?

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The chances are you checked one or more “yes” answers on the quiz. Almost everyone does! Extremists in the transgender movement have come up with some odd ideas about discrimination against transgender people. As a result, many of us get accused of discrimination even though we are not discriminating. Claims made by transactivists affect women, girls and lesbians the most.

Here are the quiz questions. By clicking on the “see explanation” links you can find out more about the questions that puzzled you. If you haven’t taken the quiz yet, see how many of these questions you agree with. If you agree with any of them, then transactivists would say you are discriminating against transgender people.

  1. I am a heterosexual male and I have never dated and would rather not date “transwomen,” especially if they still have male genitals. See explanation.
  2. I think battered women who go to a domestic abuse shelter to escape an abusive male should be given a female roommate and receive services from female staff. See explanation.
  3. I am a lesbian and I am only sexually and romantically attracted to other females. See explanation.
  4. I think girls in public schools should not be coerced or shamed into undressing or showering in the presence of those who have male genitalia.See explanation.
  5. I am female and the time I spend with my female friends when it is females only is special to me. See explanation.
  6. I think feminist groups or other women’s groups whose members want to have female only meetings should be allowed to meet. See explanation.
  7. I don’t think it is fair for “transwomen” to compete in girls and women’s sports when the structure of their male bodies and testosterone levels give them an advantage over the females competing. See explanation.

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1) I am a heterosexual male and I have never dated and would rather not date “transwomen,” especially if they still have male genitals.
Most lesbians do not want to date “transwomen.” (See #3.) Most heterosexual men do not want to date “transwomen” either. This is not real surprising and it is not discriminatory toward transgender people either. Homosexuality and heterosexuality are about sexual orientation or preference. Transgender people can’t change their sex, just their “gender identity.” A “transwoman” is still a male. There is no reason a heterosexual male or anyone else who is attracted to females should be expected to date “transwomen” who are male.Read More

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2) I think battered women who go to a domestic abuse shelter to escape an abusive male should be given a female roommate and receive services from female staff.
Laws protecting people from discrimination on the basis of “gender identity” are being passed in many places. Protecting transgender people from discrimination is a good thing, but protecting “gender identity” causes problems, especially for women. When “gender identity” is protected male-bodied “transwomen” are legally considered to be women and have the right to enter any public spaces previously reserved for women and girls. Women lose the right to privacy and safety in places where they undress and sleep, including shelters for women who are being battered. Being forced to room with a transgender person who has male genitals can make abused women feel anywhere from uncomfortable to deeply afraid. Read More

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3. I am a lesbian and I am only sexually and romantically attracted to other females.
Lesbians are female homosexuals. A simple definition of a lesbian is a woman (female) whose sexual/emotional relationships are with other females. Transactivists are contesting this basic understanding about lesbianism. They claim that lesbians who will not date or consider a sexual relationship with “transwomen” are discriminating. You have to ask, what makes transactivists think they have a right to say who is a lesbian or who lesbians should be sexual with?Read More

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4) I think girls in public schools should not be coerced or shamed into undressing or showering in the presence of those who have male genitalia.
What happens when the rights of transgender people clash with the rights of girls and women? The vast majority of girls and women do not want males in girls’ and women’s bathrooms! But, “transwomen” (and their younger counterparts) claim that they are girls/women and should be able to use the girls’ and women’s bathrooms. The problem with this argument is that transgender people change their gender, not their sex. Males who transgender cannot become female and usually keep their male genitals. Girls and women’s privacy and safety is and has always been protected on the basis of biological sex. They need to be protected from males, including transgender males. Read More

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5) I am female and the time I spend with my female friends when it is females only is special to me.
Many transgender males (“transwomen”) want more than anything else to be seen as bonafide women. Even though they know they are transgender and not the same as women (who they call “cisgender”), they don’t seem to want women to make this distinction. Most women treasure the time we spend with our female friends because our common experiences and our female ways of being with each other give us a connection and closeness that we don’t experience in relating to males. While transgender males may be unlike other males in some respects, they have a different biological makeup and different life experiences than women. Of course, women treasure our time together. This is not discrimination, but simply recognizing real differences. When transgender males get their feelings hurt, it is because they are trying to claim an identity that belongs to women without even asking women if it is ok with us.

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6) I think feminist groups or other women’s groups whose members want to have female only meetings should be allowed to meet.
When the three women creating the XX Amazons web site tried to give a workshop for “biological females” at the Goddess Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 2017, transactivists protested and succeeded in having the workshop banned from the festival. Women speakers and feminist events are being silenced and shut down everywhere by transactivists. This happens when feminists voice their disagreement with transactivist points of view or choose to hold events that do not include “transwomen.” How can it be that one minority group, transgender people, is assaulting another minority group, women? These assaults are an attempt by transactivists to control the direction of the women’s movement and force women to support transactivist beliefs. Transactivists want to bring an end to a free-thinking women’s movement! Read More

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7. I don’t think it is fair for “transwomen” to compete in girls and women’s sports when the structure of their male bodies and testosterone levels give them an advantage over the females competing.
There is no question that males have a performance advantage over females in most sports. The primary reason for this advantage comes from the higher levels of testosterone that males have during puberty and as adults. Males have higher levels of testosterone circulating in the bloodstream, but also have permanent structural changes to the body induced by high levels of testosterone during puberty. When male born transgender people compete in women’s sports they have a big advantage due to both these factors.

Sporting authorities like the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have attempted to both create a fair playing field and allow male transgender people to compete in women’s sports. However the regulations they have created are unfair to women athletes. The male born transgenders must, according to the IOC, have had suppressed testosterone levels for 12 months. However, the permitted testosterone levels (10nM) are ten times higher than the levels that women naturally have (under 1 nM)! And, of course, the male transgenders’ bodies have those structural advantages that never disappear.Read More