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Elizabeth, i am truly sorry that you've been exposed to what can only be described as hyper-authoritarian bullying -- and which has precious little to do with anarchist (anti)politics. clearly your experiences and mine are worlds apart; i have never seen nor heard about any of these activities you describe (in England?), nor have any of my friends or associates. my experiences are limited to a couple dozen local trans* activists (some relationships being more intimate and longstanding than others). as far as i am aware (as if it were any of my business in the first place), only a minority of these folks use medical interventions, and i can't imagine any of them being happy at the idea of, for example, a rape crisis center being closed down (unless it were run by the cops or courts). none of these people is interested in propping up patriarchy or otherwise reinforcing gender stereotypes.

ultimately, though, what makes me wary of your narrative is your invocation of "the science" (of what? endocrinology? biology? gender?) as if science were some sort of neutral pursuit of truth and not a fully ideological construction of privileged knowledge in the service of (patriarchal) power.