online group for breastfeeding mothers

A transwoman joined a Facebook page for mothers who had breastmilk supply issues that I was a part of. They talked about needing to experience pregnancy and birth. They had been taking hormones and wearing a fake pregnancy belly to experience something like pregnancy. They had a plans to use electrical stimulation to simulate labour pains. However, obviously there would be no baby at the end of this simulated labour and so they asked the women in this group to share their experience of pregnancy loss or stillbirth to help them to imagine this experience in their simulation. Some women (including some who had had their baby die) protested about this, saying that this was an inappropriate request. They were removed from the group. This transwoman induced lactation after the simulated labour and repeatedly stated that they would really love to have someone allow them to breastfeed their baby. This was all very disturbing and upsetting. It was not appropriate in my view for this person to be in the group and use the women there as a resource for their own purposes.

#international #virtualspaces #onlinegroups #mothers #breastfeeding #simulation #inappropriatequestions

all girls senior school

My daughter has had three trans people in her year at school for four years. She has asked me why are they allowed to wear whatever they like while everyone else has to wear a uniform? Why are they allowed to miss so much school all the time? Why, when everyone has to do projects, do they always do projects on trans issues ? My observation is that this arrangement has created a high level of resentment from the rest of the students who don’t have an issue with the gender identities of these three, but question why they get so much special treatment.

[*Moderator's note: I'm curious about whether these three students are males in an all-girls school, i.e. transgirls / nonbinary; or females, i.e. transboys / nonbinary? Feel free to email / submit a clarification.]

#australia #school #seniorschool #allgirlsschool #specialtreatment #uniforms #resentment #equality

who's 'unsafe' on campus?

not exactly a women-only space but a few months ago there was a trans-rights rally at melbourne university that got rather heated when a number of counter-protestors showed up. one person in the pro-trans group - a rather large and bulky male person - then started shouting at the counter-protestors, calling them 'fucking bitches' and 'cunts' at the top of their voice. the counter-protestors hadn't shouted at or harassed anyone, they were just standing there. later on, the student union went on about how 'unsafe' some members had felt due to the presence of the counter-protestors. anyway, i saw women called 'fucking cunts' in the middle of my campus and no one did a thing. there's a youtube video if anyone here wants evidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOhvNbQg2nU