I see a lot of very active FtM trans rights workers.

My viewpoint is biased, though. I seek them out, often to the exclusion of MtF writers and activists.

Which actually proves an interesting point of failure in your "friend's" logic, Batty - if you don't bother to research something you won't know it's there. I'm willing to be she's never bothered to look up Jamison Green or Raven Caldera, to read their work.