Morgane Oger in action:
Philanthropy is always good but experiences may vary.
There are numerous reports that Vancouver Rape Relief refuses to provide services to women who are transgender. When asked I recommend @wavawrcc or @EndingViolence which do not discriminate that way.https://t.co/FmpvWMbsBH— Morgane Oger (@MorganeOgerBC) March 13, 2019
You couldn’t make it up. Two teenage girls raise $5000 for Vancouver Rape Relief and a guy who “identifies as” a woman has to swoop in to tell them they should donate to places that allow men into women’s shelters instead.
Excluding trans women from a women's group is fundamentally the same as excluding lesbians or immigrants from a women's group. It is also prohibited in the provision of services or in employment in Canada.
— Morgane Oger (@MorganeOgerBC) March 14, 2019
No, it isn’t. Excluding trans women from a women’s group is fundamentally the same as excluding straight people from a lesbian and gay activist group or excluding NRA members from an anti-violence group or excluding Trump fans from a liberal group. Groups are allowed to organize around commonalities and thus to exclude people who don’t share the commonality in question.
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No, it’s not the same thing at all. Lesbians are women, and belong in women’s groups. Immigrant women are women, and belong in women’s groups. “Trans women” are men, not women at all.
“Excluding trans women from a women’s group is fundamentally the same as excluding [men, including, or perhaps especially, men in woman-face] from a women’s group.” There, fixed that for you. NOW your comparison is accurate.