I just want to use the toilet

I just want to use the toilet of my adopted gender.

I just want to be able to walk in, do my business, wash my hands and walk out. Without having to worry about getting into a confrontation with somebody who doesn't like how I look or how I dress.

And I want the same for everybody else.

I don't know about sport. I've read the arguments on both sides and both sides have a case. I see team sports as different to individual sports, and I see degrees of advantage and I see no advantage. I would err on caution because I want to return the support I received from allies and be seen as grateful rather than demanding.

But I don't know.

I hope I never need a Rape Crisis Centre, but if I do, and somebody there has a problem with transgender women, they are the problem.

I don't blame all men for the actions of a few in the same way I wouldn't blame any other minority, man or woman for any mistreatment I received from another. 

If you don't like me just keep away from me. 

You don't get to hurt me because it makes you feel better.

I understand that my existence makes some people uncomfortable, and that I can little more change that than I can end racism, or homophobia, or misogyny.

But I have to try.

I never wanted to get a Gender Recognition Certificate because I thought it unnecessary. 

The UK is a fair and decent country so I had nothing to gain by having one and nothing to lose by not having one.

But the decision of the Supreme Court on the Equality Act has changed this. I can now see that my equality is less than the equality of others. Particularly those with spite, malice, and money.

So I will get a Gender Recognition Certificate.

Whether you think this is too easy, or too difficult, I am prepared to discuss.

This is my first step for those who do not accept my existence.

Now those people need to take a step towards me.

Let us use the Gender Recognition Act to find common ground, compromise, and acceptance.