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Common arguments by Anti-Trans folks:
What is the definition of (woman/man)?
The correct response is “A woman is someone who identifies as a woman”.
Sometimes, people reject this statement and claim it's a circular definition and not valid.
However, it isn't a circular definition, because of use-mention distinction in philosophy:
A woman (use case) is someone who identifies as a woman (mention case)
Some say sex is based on the gametes someone produces. However, there's people who do not produce them.
Thus, sex is not binary, and there isn't a way to group people into “man” and “woman”.
"We can always tell when someone is transgender"
Not true. And it's up to a person to decide if they want to use the label transgender.
Trans people have already been using the bathroom!. Transgender people existed for centuries.
Security guard kicked cis-women out of bathroom, as he thought she wasn't a women https://web.archive.org/web/20250506170851/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/boston-hotel-bathroom-same-sex-couple
It’s unsafe for trans women to use the women’s bathroom
No evidence was found that trans women using bathroom increases safety concerns.
More importantly, studies have reported trans and non-binary youth are at higher risk for sexual assault when not using the bathroom they identify with.