alcoholics anonymous women's meeting

Most AA meetings are mixed sex. There are a few women-only meetings. Many women in AA have suffered male trauma. Many have been "hit on" by men in mixed meetings trying to chat them up. So the women's meetings are important.

This one women's meeting was no longer useful after a transwoman joined - very obviously male bodied. 1. They talked much more than any woman there. 2. Women were uncomfortable so stopped attending. This person could have gone to any number of mixed meetings, they are nearly all mixed.

#unitedkingdom #alcoholicsanonymous #malesocialization #singlesexspaces #menaremen

males using women's toilets

A male who claimed to be a woman joined a class I was teaching. He (I refuse to use preferred pronouns) was an ex-welder; short, built like a bullet. He disrupted every session and refused to interact with other students (female or male).

I had to extend the break times when the women discovered he was allowed to use their toilets - the women started going to the toilets in a different building. I consulted the college counsellors and was told he was to use the Ladies as he ‘felt’ he was a woman so was a woman. (When I, privately, tried to discuss his disruptive behaviour with him he immediately called me transphobic. HR became involved (I guess he told on me) but I had officially documented each occasion he had disrupted the sessions so it was taken no further. The fact I had constantly remonstrated with staff who said unkind things about him and ensured they used his preferred pronouns also helped.)

I was recently dismissed from my casual job in a national art gallery because I would not agree TWAW. Part of my role was safeguarding of children and the vulnerable. During a discussion I asked a colleague what should be done if I saw a man following a young girl into the ladies, as normally I would contact security. She said I should do nothing as if the man felt he was a woman it would upset him to challenge him. Our line manager supported this view.

#unitedkingdom #toilets #bathrooms #teaching #safeguarding #singlesexspaces #selfid

lesbian bar

Big blokes with beards but some lipstick staring at you. Getting bruised because such a bloke dances too wild in a crowded space. Getting followed by him all evening, and he can’t take no for an answer. Getting threatened by young “queer” lesbians because I’m not nice enough to poor trans women (blokes).

#belgium #lesbianbar #lesbiandating #queerbullying #lesbiansarewomen