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I'm out of the loop on this whole thing because JK is a writer and doesn't know anything about gender.
Can you specifically quote something she has said to prove your claim or is it really hearsay like the guy above claims?
https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/
Thats just one example. There are many others but I feel like if the point isn't made it never will be.
She makes a number of claims about transitioning and detransitioning that are straight up lies, tries to conflate trans women with predators that must be denied entry to womens' bathrooms, claims that the change in societal views toward trans issues threatens to erase women etc.
The reality is that JKR seems to have never dealt with the trauma of her rape and abuse so she denigrates trans women as being little more than predatory men in skirts. Thats why she brings that up in her post. She's explaining why she is so concerned with trans issues and those reasons go back to that trauma never being processed in a healthier way.
I read that today already, it is a lot milder than "wanting trans people to disappear". Where are all the hateful tweets I have heard about?
Edit: nothing? Anyone?
I mean, she lied about liking transphobic tweets:
Sure, Joanne. "My interest in this was only professional, because I was writing a book ~~where the serial killer is a man cross-dressing as a woman that kills other women~~". We know how it ended.
She then proceeded with a very weird anti-trans statement:
"I felt non-binary too, but I'm not trans, so you aren't either!".
For reference, desistance is a real term that refers to people who changes their mind about their gender dysphoria, and, although further research is still needed, she is probably citing real sources. It's also strange to insert that knowledge in a post where she's supposedly trying to convince people that she's not a TERF, among the "five reasons she's worried about the new trans activism", whatever that means. "I don't hate trans people, but anyway, they aren't real and you are preying on children".
She then ended her wall of text by alluding that all trans women are actually men who want to prey on women (never mind that, if a man wanted to become a sexual predator, he could just... Do that, instead of faking gender dysphoria? Like, a man who wants to sexually harass someone isn't stopping at the "girls only" sign. He's not a vampire). But hey, before that she said that she cares about trans women, so I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding.
That's the simple truth of a person who should really talk to their therapist about her trauma instead of writing bullshit online.
If agreeing with known transphobes, erasing trans identity, and putting trans women and sexual predators on the same level isn't transphobic, I really don't know what is.
I hadn't read this before, and I am honestly shocked that this is the what the uproar is over. This isn't a call to action to hurt anyone. It is basically a statement that there is a difference between a transwoman and a woman, that distinction needs to be made, and this is mainly due to society rushing to a solution without due diligence. This is not 1/100th of what it has been made out to be. If this is all it takes for someone to never want to associate with someone else, then I don't think he should associate with anyone. Everyone is going to differ from your opinion on one topic or another, you can't escape it.
Yeah I have to say what she says made a surprising amount of sense after what I was led to believe.
I still think she has no authority on the topic though and should stick to her domain.
No This is it, after a relatively lengthy twitter conversation she ended up writing this blog post.
And the anger and vitriol boils down to "why do animal rights activists throw paint on rich ladies wearing fur, because bikers in leather jackets will punch you in the mouth".