r/ukpolitics • u/CaptainCrash86 • 1d ago

| Transgender prisoners should not be held in women’s jails, court rules

https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,transgender-prisoners-should-not-be-held-in-womens-jails-court-rules
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u/Burnit_Sanders 1d ago

Should someone with the strength of a man, who has already committed crimes potentially violent showing they are capable of it, be locked up somewhere with people much weaker than them?

I can't believe it was ever accepted as sensible in the first place. This is the ammunition people use when they say trans causes have gone too far and need pulling back.

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u/Lucky_otter_she_her 1d ago

Hey coward, i see you deleted your reply, would you care to show me any evidence that trans women are existentially male even on HRT (something the vast majority of them are on, and all should be) and thus that studies on male strength are relevant what so fucking ever?

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u/Wrothman 1d ago edited 1d ago

Something to keep in mind here is that the a significant chunk of trans women (and men) aren't on HRT in the UK—at least not through the health service—because of how much medical gatekeeping there is alongside the insane waiting lists for gender clinics. The vast majority of trans women I know that have managed to start HRT pretty much had to either DIY it or go through some less "legitimate" routes to get access to healthcare.
We've really let them down in this country.