A friend of mine on the opposing side of this issue recently posted this thought-provoking article on Facebook. I thought I'd share it here, as it's obviously quite relevant to my question, and did make me think. Trigger warning: it discusses a case of childhood molestation/rape.

I still disagree with the premise. Instead of asking "What if just one little girl gets hurt by this?" IMO she should be asking "How many transgender or genderqueer people have already been hurt?" There are going to be predators either way; we can at least dispense with the discrimination.