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Honestly, genuinely interested: can you explain why you're so scared of 'Communism'? How is Communism any scarier than totalitarianism in all its various forms as is currently practice in many countries in the world, only a few of which are actually communist (Cuba maybe?), some of which pretend to be communist (China) but are basically hyper-capitalist under autocratic regimes, and many of which are just right-wing strongmen or military crackpots or juntas.
Even in history, there are as many (and probably significantly more) atrocities committed by non-communist regimes than by communist ones (which may have killed a lot of people, but so did a lot of other types of government through the ages).
So, why the obsession?
The present LI moderator (with that ludicrous remark above) has proven that he/she is a COMMIE too.
you can be critical of puberty blockers and the dangers of SRS etc without depending on Matt Walsh to make your argument. That guy is not right in the head and I feel for her wife and her daughter. Liberals can be whacky but Western Conservatives like Walsh ARE downright clinically insane
Other than that, however, dictionaries just reflect usage of a word, and if woman is being increasingly used in the real world / online in that way, that's what they are documenting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/12/13/woman-definition-cambridge-dictionary-transgender/
This is a hugely significant step. Remember that dictionary definitions is a common practice courts follow while interpreting a word. So the question is whether courts around the world will follow this definition or not. This comes at a time governments are making various laws giving rights to trans people, courts are hearing petitions on the subject, the Olympics allowed a trans athlete to participate in a woman's event and JK Rowling is trolling 24x7 to stop trans people from gaining further rights. Even in India we have Rohin Bhat's letter on allowing litigants to declare pronouns.