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Where does it say that a man can simply decide they're a woman, no questions asked?
The issue was at the heart of the successful amendment to the Victims of Sexual Offences bill last year, which the Greens voted against and which led to Andy Wightman quitting the party.

Patrick Harvie has also made it clear he believes a transwoman is a woman in any circumstances. If I recall rightly, he drew flak for equating transwomen to black, Jewish or disabled women, as though these groups are in some way different biologically in the way transwomen are.

The issue here goes beyond respect for and understanding of trans men or women. It's about the undermining (and potential criminalisation) of women's rights and free speech when expressing the wholly reasonable belief that we can't just erase the concept of sex. A biological women's experiences are entirely different to those of a transwoman (the most obvious being menstruation, pregnancy, giving birth and menopause - all of which can often be physcially and mentally challenging to a debilitating extent) and in my view have the right to question transgender identity without being abused for it.