Not the mainstream media, but the mainstream. John and Mary Q. Public.
*the* Lesbian website ? That would mean millions or at least hundreds of thousands would go there wouldn't it ? As such - what did the lesbians think ?
I honestly don't know if they have millions or even hundreds of thousands of readers. It's just that it's the only website I know of specifically by and for lesbians.
They aren't big on the "trans lesbian" phenomenon in the first place, so they're predictably not sympathetic to a creepy dude posing as trans when he wants to hang out in the women's locker room. More generally they're annoyed at the redefining of "woman" and "lesbian" in particular-- they describe this as erasure.
Here's their column on Murphy:
https://www.afterellen.com/general-news/567199-twitter-bans-meghan-murphy-founder-of-canadas-leading-feminist-websiteAnother column by the same writer, talking about erasure:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-didnt-you-say-something-sooneryoure-asking_us_59d560dee4b085c51090ad64No - I'm making a wider point about morality: "Honour systems are abused all the time, but the public sphere absorbs that behaviour and either accepts it or doesn't, in the end."
People will not accept this... if it's unacceptable.
People will decide what they will accept on an individual basis. There won't be a big public fight. People don't want to fight. Women in general don't want to fight and don't want to make other people feel bad. Most women aren't going to take action, especially if they're afraid of getting shamed on social media or ending up in front of an HRC panel. Most women will just say "I don't feel comfortable here anymore" and go somewhere else next time or stay home.
There won't be hard data. There'll be an accumulation of anecdotes. I've read quite a few anecdotes of lesbians who quit going to places that have become over run with pushy "trans lesbians" who want sex with cis women. This will be hard to quantify. Businesses will eventually see the results in their bottom lines. LGBT social groups might end up becoming GBT social groups if the Ts harass the Ls away. The results won't be obvious.
And - what do you think of that ?
It's a tremendously equitable result! Everybody loses!
It sounds like the mainstream is starting to wake up. That's a local ABC station right ? We're talking about whether 'activists' and such types are going to be able to ensconce rights victories that are unacceptable to the mainstream. I think it's still early days to say this is going to happen. They are still putting bathroom restriction bills on the ballot in the US, and proposing legislation in state assemblies.
Creeps have discovered they can exploit this... the next step is finding out how many creeps will exploit it before the pendulum gets pushed back the other way.
-k