My draft reply (which might go ignored by them, but hey, I would like to try and get through to them): -- any thoughts and opinions welcome, including "you are not qualified to speak up on this" which I will totally understand.

Apologies for lack of caption, Masto's character limit is my nemesis. Can repost as text if that's easier.

@emaree looks good, maybe at "a person will always present as the gender they identify as" drop in a mention of closeted trans people not feeling safe enough to come out- putting it in terms the cis LGBQ folks will have used about themselves to drive home the message.

@Murkrow Thank you! That makes a lot of sense, I'll do that.

@emaree That looks good to me, as a recently-out trans woman with a superficial familiarity with the Discourse. Thank you for speaking up.

@ghost_bird Thank you so much, and congratulations on being out. <3

@emaree you could also collect stats around how rare the instance of the "deceptive transsexual" fear is in reality, and point out that the just approach is to ensure *everyone* is safe regardless of gender in shared sleeping areas

same garbage fearmongering as the bathroom bill: https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2016/05/05/comprehensive-guide-debunked-bathroom-predator-myth/210200

@amphetamine Thank you so much! Fantastic points, and the comparison to the bathroom bill is especially apt.

@emaree Thank you for doing this. It looks very good. It's amazing when cis women can use their privilege to fight back against TERFs.

@natanji Thank you! I hope it helps, I've been really delighted to see queer folks from across Scotland trickling in today to call them out on it.

@emaree The things you've had to say here are important, but the way you've said them could be better. ^^;

Phrases like "Are you for real?" will immediately put them on the defensive and ignore you. Speak to the matter, not the emotion. As an example, for that last bullet point:

"There is no office or organization qualified to determine the authenticity of a transgender person, as any trans friendly therapist will tell you; such a qualification is only transphobic rhetoric."

@mawr Thank you so much, you're right about putting them on the defensive. I've taken those lines out.

@InTheLandOfTheRisingSun Thank you so much!

@emaree np!