A Vote on Trans Women Joining Women's Institutes

Men are not and can never be, women. Biological women have the right to our own spaces without men. Transwomen are men.

Men can NOT become women. Let them form their OWN institute. There---SORTED

No, men who ID as women are not women keep women's sex based spaces single sex! Sex not gender

Nonsense that has to be stopped.

Womens Institute for women, not men wanting to be women, or pretending to be women.

My mum in law was a stalwart of the WI, this is about biological sex and keeping women's spaces

I would not join the WI whilst it allows men in womanface to join How do you know they aren't AGP?

Adult human female.

I find it deeply troubling that the CEO claims we can learn about ourselves as women from transwomen. “Mansplaining” in a costume is not useful to me.

Women are women, trans identifying men are men.

I'm male & find it bizarre that anyone other than someone born female can be a member of the WI.

FEWI

The integrity of women is being undermined by men pretending to be women . Biological women must stand up for their privacy & safety .

I joined the WI in order to be part of a Women’s movement and totally agree that trans women do not qualify unless a surgical transition has taken place.

There's no such thing as a trans woman. A man in a dress isn't a woman. Respect women's spaces and keep psychotic men out.

Men can never become women and women have a right to have groups and spaces just for the female sex without men taking and talking over them and feeling safe away from sexual harassment and assault and being chatted up or the male gaze. Only a male environment can provide that

Only adult human females have the lived experience of womanhood. A trans woman has lived experience as a trans identited male. They cannot fully experience the issues that adversely affect women, almost exclusively based on their biological sex.

I’ve been tempted to join, but I’ll never join a women’s organisation if it allows in males. What’s the point of one that does this?

I'm a lesbian, these men have destroyed our gathering spaces and places. They target us, Please don't let them in.

I was about to join the W.I. Tomorrow actually. I was unaware of this policy and have decided not to join until it is changed.