"Feminism is not an equality movement"? The danger of anti trans 'Feminism'

A group on facebook (at least one) that is run by a notorious anti trans 'feminist' C Brennan.

Their main position is that gender disassociation isn't real, you can't be trans because gender is purely biological and if you're born male or female then that is what you are. They generously allow that you can be a butch female or an effeminate male, you can indeed be heterosexual, homosexual or lesbian, you may be bi-sexual but they tend not to really accept that either, but you may NEVER be allowed to be trans. If you happen to read the site Gender identity watch re-loaded ~ link you will notice that the sheer violence of the language used against trans women is frankly scary. It is scary to me as a cis heterosexual woman, it leaves me feeling unsafe. If I feel unsafe then how must this violent oppression makes trans women and trans men feel?

As a cis heterosexual woman I am simply an ally, as an abuse and rape survivor I do understand the need for safe spaces for women, however I choose to feel this means all women irrespective of whether or not a woman is cis or 'trans'.

This blog The cotton ceiling ~ link is a simply wonderful response to the attitudes of transphobia as spouted by these radical 'feminist' groups ...

I would like to add that this focus this brand of transphobic feminism has on the idea that cis women created gendered bathrooms as safe places for cis women is utter rubbish. The idea of separate bathrooms was to protect men from the provocation of women without those women having the protection of their designated male protector/owner i.e. father, husband, brother, other male protector/owner. The entire idea of maintaining essentialist gender norms is protecting patriarchal systems NOT women. Please STOP using your transphobia as a reason to speak for all cis women and indeed all cis lesbians. You d not speak for all of us, you speak for yourselves out of ignorance, fear and hatred. Please just step back and empathise, listen to trans women and trans men with empathy NOT judgement. To do otherwise is simply NOT feminism.

I will say it again you can NEVER gain rights for one oppressed group by removing them from another group, and granting trans women rights of safety and gender identity removes nothing from me as a cis woman. Not even bathroom safety as I've been threatened in bathrooms by outright cis men and outright cis women, not trans women - so my bathroom safety is dependent on the nature of the other people in the bathroom, NOT whether that person is trans or not.

We need to speak together about creating safe places for ALL women, not just cis women - THAT is what my feminism is about. Safe places for ALL, NOT a select few!