I'm increasingly irritated with the insistent attempts to silence the voices of posters on this forum. It's bad enough that women generally are being told "shut up", "sit down", "don't say that", "be kind"; but now we're being told that our very conversations are harmful, and should stop, the things that we discuss are being twisted into something that, looking back over the thread, have never even been raised. I've come to accept that some men always have, always will, try to silence women who have the audacity and temerity to question, challenge and deny their every whim. I will not accept that from another poster. The sheer amount of research, data and exchanges of information that is shared on these threads never ceases to amaze and impress me and not once have I ever seen a single post that has vilified the many good and decent trans people who are going about their day to day life in peace and quiet, with no drama, no fuss and no demands. If other posters don't have the capacity or ability to understand precisely why women (and thankfully, an increasing number of men) are fighting to retain the right to women only spaces, and why they are so vitally important for women, that's their problem and they'll have to find their own coping strategies to deal with it. Because I will NOT be quiet. I will NOT sit down. And I will NOT move over.
