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Transgender identity and access to women's safe spaces

The claim that trans men and trans women are an illness and should not be in women's safe spaces is not supported by evidence, with major medical organizations characterizing being transgender as an identity or condition related to gender incongruence, not a mental illness.

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Jan 9, 2026

When they feel threatened, trans women slip back into using male coded sexual insults and threats

There is documented evidence that some trans women use coded sexual terms and euphemisms in specific contexts—notably in sex work in Kolkata—as a deliberate strategy to manage stigma and access spaces...