I had my PTM when I went to my high school feminist club wearing a sweatshirt that said “No Uterus, No Opinion” on the front of it with “#ProChoice” on the hood. After arriving at the meeting, a transwoman told me that my sweatshirt was transphobic, “because not all women have uteruses”. I explained the “#Prochoice” on the back and said that while maybe not all women are born with uteruses (I don’t believe this but I didn’t want to be criticized or rude) certainly only the women that are born with uteruses are getting abortions, therefore only women with uteruses should have a opinion (because they are the only ones affected).

The transwoman literally said, “Why are you even here if you don’t think all women are equal?” like he did not even hear my explanation.

People were watching now. I have anxiety so I started to get very uncomfortable. I apologized and left.

I got a message on Facebook the next day saying I was not invited to the next meeting. I told my teacher and they said that even though I was allowed to have my own opinion, school was not the place for me to express it if it was harmful.

I wanted to cry? Since when did being a feminist mean constantly checking every single aspect of the movement to include transwomen as well? A friend told me they had to cancel a feminist club tradition of having ‘No Shame, Period’ day (about periods, of course) because transwomen didn’t feel included?

I Googled about this and discovered radical feminism/gender criticism and now here I am.

