13/06/2026
I have been listening to the conversations around whether trans women should be granted access to female spaces, and a lot of the arguments seem to center around protecting female spaces, seemingly from a small minority of cis men who might take advantage of this to gain access.
As a teenager and in my twenties, I often preferred gay clubs to straight ones. I could get dressed up, dance, have fun and just exist without being groped or made to feel uncomfortable. At the time I didn't really think about why. I just knew I felt safer there.
Looking back, I realise what a gift that was. Those spaces welcomed me unconditionally and I benefited from the culture of respect and acceptance that others had worked hard to build, without fully understanding the need for the space to exist.
I'm incredibly grateful to have been given access to that space at a time when I was vulnerable and nobody thought to tell men that groping random girls was not okay.
Thankyou 🙏
