From Women Who Have Spoken Out
“I have never felt so endangered simply for existing or trying to speak. And I used to be an activist for LGB rights in what was the most violent Evangelical area in the country, at that time. This is worse.”
I do not clearly remember all of it, but I still want to share this. I was new to radical feminism and especially gender-critical feminism. I mostly followed other women on Twitter who raised their voices against gender identity. But I was too shy and new to be expressly gender-critical. Only this one time I left a comment, hardly a sentence, to the effect of support for single-sex spaces for women; and someone questioned me back on it pointedly asking if I am against gender inclusive bathrooms. I wanted to ignore the comment but the person started retweeting the conversation everywhere, and pro-gender identity accounts could see it-- my name, details everything. So I had to leave Twitter because I did not want it to get worse or be heckled. I was scared back then, because Twitter was (and still is) a toxic place for gender-critical women. Perhaps I cannot best explain what happened in words, but what I am trying to convey is that I was put in a really unpleasant (and unsafe) spot by that person. For what was hardly a full-on rejection of gender identity; just a nod that women should have their own spaces. It is just pathetic and stifling.
I have never felt so endangered simply for existing or trying to speak. And I used to be an activist for LGB rights in what was the most violent Evangelical area in the country, at that time. This is worse. I am afraid of being assaulted or murdered if certain people in my extended network find out about my activism, which is merely fighting for the continued recognition of the existence of women as a biological sex.
I was doxxed to my employer for, in an anonymous online forum, expressing frustration with my workplace's policy of enforced gender-neutral language when discussing sex-based discrimination against women. This made me a pariah and I left my job 3 months later.
Long-time friends who I've known since I was a kid now think I'm a "bigot" because I don't think men who dress up in feminine clothing are actually female.
I started to speak up about how gender ideology was affecting women on my Facebook page. I had friends tell me they could no longer associate with me and blocked me or unfriended me. My husband became genuinely concerned as he was afraid they would come after his business as he is well-known in the area.
Letters From the Front is a new series from WoLF curating stories from women about how “gender identity” ideology has impacted them. We’ll share new letters, submitted anonymously, each week. Write in to share your own story!
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