You might imagine that rampant transphobia is primarily animated by a conservative movement, as seen in the U.S. in various states' bathroom bills, or the entire Trump administration. The truth is, while the British conservative right would almost certainly be more than happy to whip up a frenzy of transphobia, they simply haven't needed to, because some sections of the left over here are doing their hate-peddling for them. The most vocal source of this hatred has emerged, sadly, from within circles of radical feminists. British feminism has an increasingly notorious TERF problem.
https://theoutline.com/post/6536/british-feminists-media-transphobic?zd=1&zi=toxttugj
This is an excellent deep dive into how TERF and transphobia has been able to root in the Birtish left and the British media....
I had no idea that last month the Guardian literally released an official stance of the Guardian, that amounted to giving credibility that trans women rights can be a threat to cis women and that toxicity on both sides is to blame.
Here's that piece:
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...e-gender-recognition-act-where-rights-collide
I really thought the Guardian has moved on from casual publishing transphobia in their editorial page... I guess no.
Guardian US branch had to literally write a repudiation of their UK brothers and sisters: https://www.theguardian.com/comment...dian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk