bellypot

I think where the activists went wrong was in trying to increase acceptance of gender identity, rather than acceptance of diverse gender expression.

We can see that distinction very clearly in the increasingly influential 'TERF' movement: being radical feminists who are deeply critical of gender stereotypes, they of course have no problem with men wearing dresses or other gender non-conforming accoutrements. But men saying they are women, that is where the line is drawn, as these men are identifying into an already existing, and marginalized, group.

"Stop bullying cross-dressers" would have been a far more effective model of acceptance than "men can be women if they say they are".