I hope that readers will take 27 minutes out of their time to watch this interesting and balanced video of a, presumably, straight man who has done door security at various gay venues.

It’s an honest appraisal of what this man, who goes by the handle of ‘ThatGearGuy’ saw during his stint as a security guard at gay clubs.

I find myself recognising some of the stereotypes that he mentions, the catty gays, the gossipers and backstabbers that can be found on the gay scene, the gays who indulge in dangerous practises involving drugs and sex, I think that anyone who has spent time on the gay scene has encountered people like that. However it’s important to note that this is merely what he saw on the gay ‘scene’ the clubs, pubs and other venues that cater for gays and not the wider LGB community. He also shattered the myth of the LGB and T communities being united as one, and talked about the internal communal hatreds against others in the LGB and T communities which are as he said, very prevalent.

But what caught my ear and which is relevant to today’s trans debate is what he said about those who come into the ‘T’ category of LGBT. He said that there was rarely trouble with those biological females who had ‘transitioned’ to appear more male but that wasn’t the case with those biological males who had ‘transitioned’ to give the impression that they were more feminine in appearance. He said he had more trouble with the male to female transsexuals than other groups and it was members of these groups that threatened clubs with reputational damage over possibly false accusations of ‘transphobia’. This fear of reputational damage meant that members of this particular caste could basically get away with a great deal because the club owners didn’t want the aggro that would come their way due to an accusation of ‘transphobia’.

He also touched on the issue of transvestites in gay clubs. He saw them as many of us see and saw them which are men with a sexual fetish for cross-dressing and not individuals with some sort of hormonal imbalance problem.

Now I’ve run club nights that have attracted transvestites but I haven’t seen anything too much like what this man has seen. My cross dressing punters turned up, changed, had some drinks, danced around their handbags and then changed and went home at the end of the night, I had very little trouble with these types as opposed to the full on transgenders who were much more ‘political’ and demanding. However my experience might well have been an outlier and it’s quite possible that this man’s experiences with transvestites are more typical of clubs that attract transvestites.

What definitely perked my interest up is his assessment of sexual predation in minority sexuality communities and he particularly pointed out that trans individuals are over represented in sexual offences. That is something that has been copiously documented elsewhere on places like transcrime.uk which is well worth a read. I found myself in agreement with him when he said that there are predators who are attracted to the world of transgenderism not because they have any particular gender identity problem, but because it is through transgenderism that these predators can access potential victims. Because society has deemed it right that those who call themselves trans have more leeway than others to operate in society because they are seen as marginalised.

He said that it might not be the case that being transgender means a greater chance of being a predator but that predators are more likely to be attracted to transgenderism for the reasons given above. This does make sense as predators are more likely to go into areas where there is access to potential victims, which is what we saw with the Catholic Church where predators joined the priesthood in order to access potential victims.

Whilst I have little doubt that there are a lot of people who identify as trans whether they are transvestites or transsexuals are decent individuals there’s enough people in this group who present security and safeguarding concerns that it’s right to be worried.

This video might well be worth a watch. This man is a rational voice on the subject of trans and its interaction with the wider society.