The Times reports:

A female novelist has criticised the appointment of a trans woman to represent an endometriosis charity, comparing it to a white person claiming to speak for black people.

Incomplete. It’s more comparable to a white person representing a sickle cell anemia charity, only more so, because men can never have endometriosis.

Amanda Craig, who has published nine novels and was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2021, spoke out after Steph Richards was named as the parliamentary engagement officer for Endometriosis South Coast.

Endometriosis is a chronic and painful gynaecological condition in which cells similar to those in the lining of the uterus grow in other parts of the body. It affects one in ten women in the UK.

And no men in the UK, because they don’t have the uterus to have a lining that can grow in other parts of the body.

Rosie Duffield, a gender-critical independent MP, said she felt “uncomfortable” when invited to an event in parliament by Richards and described the appointment as “inappropriate”.

She said: “I am really uncomfortable that of all of the tens of thousands of women affected, someone who is biologically male is coming to speak about this in parliament who can have no possible lived experience of this condition.

“There are lots of women that would need this kind of support out there who would be able to talk about the lived experience in a much better way than someone who’s never menstruated in their life.

“This is a senior spokesperson’s role, so it’s somebody speaking on behalf of an awful lot of sufferers and you can’t, in my opinion, do that if you can have no possible awareness of what women’s bodies go through.”

And it makes no sense because there are plenty of women who could do that senior spokesperson’s role so why go out of your way to give the role to a man? What is even the point? Other than taunting women?

Richards, who has a background in medical research, has previously characterised criticism of her job leading Endometriosis South Coast as “transphobic”.

Fuck him. A decent man would be horrified to be asked and turn it down flat.

In response to the fresh criticism of her position, Endometriosis South Coast insisted that it was “scientifically inaccurate” to suggest endometriosis was a condition that only affected women.

A spokesperson for the charity said: “It affects people of all genders, including trans men, non-binary, and intersex individuals.”

Oh come on. The issue is sex, not fantasy genders. It affects women, including women who claim to be trans men or non-binary.

The spokesperson added: “She was appointed on the basis of her skills and commitment to advancing awareness of endometriosis at a policy level.

“The ability to advocate meaningfully for a condition does not require personally having that condition; this standard is applied consistently across healthcare, policy, and the voluntary sector, and we apply it here, too.”

It may not require it, but surely the calculated insult is too obvious to ignore.