@charliejane This is word-for-word what was commonly said/written about gay men (and to a lesser degree, other non-straight people) when I was growing up.

I think on a daily basis about how many folk who fought against that demonisation in the past are now happy to say exactly the same thing about trans people, and who claim they're saying it for the same bullshit "I'm just protecting the children/vulnerable/victims etc" reason. How can they not see that it's the same bigotry as before?!

And of course fuel is poured onto the fire by bigots who always felt that way about gay men, and are happy they can now freely use the same abuse in public.