JK Rowling wants you to think she is being silenced. That she is the lone voice of reason. That by defending biological sex she is defending women.
I have read her essay. I have looked at the science. Here is what is actually true.
Her arguments are dishonest. Her concerns are manufactured. Her legacy is not empowerment. It is harm.
She says sex is real. Nobody disagrees with that. But she presents it as a simple binary when biology has never been a simple binary. Intersex people exist. Chromosomes vary. Hormones and anatomy do not always align in the way she describes. She paints the world in two colours because the full picture does not serve her argument.
She says trans people using bathrooms is a threat. The data says otherwise. When Massachusetts introduced trans inclusive public accommodation nothing changed. No increase in crime. No spike in assaults. The only thing that changed was that trans people could use a toilet without being in danger. The people getting assaulted in bathrooms are trans people, particularly when forced into the wrong ones. She does not mention that.
She mocks inclusive medical language as if public health should centre her comfort rather than reach everyone who needs care. That language exists so trans men and non-binary people are not excluded from menstrual health services. It does not erase women. It means more people get the care they need.
She cites rapid onset gender dysphoria as though it is a clinical diagnosis. It is not. The study that coined the term was based on parent reports from online forums, not clinical interviews with the young people being described. Every major medical body rejects it. She keeps repeating it because it sounds alarming. Because if you say social contagion often enough people stop asking for evidence.
She says youth healthcare is dangerous. Puberty blockers are reversible and have been studied for decades. The evidence shows they improve mental health outcomes in trans adolescents. Suicide rates are higher in young people who are refused care. If she had read the literature honestly she would know this. The question is whether she has read it and chosen to ignore it.
She says most people regret transition. They do not. Regret rates after gender affirming surgery are around one percent. Most people who detransition do so because of external pressure, family rejection, housing loss or job loss. Not because they were not trans. She knows what the research shows. It does not fit her narrative so she leaves it out.
She says trans women in prison endanger other women. Trans women placed in men’s prisons are significantly more likely to be raped or assaulted. The US Supreme Court addressed this decades ago. She says she is protecting women. She ignores the ones her logic puts in danger.
She says trans women in sport are categorically unfair. The science does not support a categorical position. Hormone therapy reduces muscle mass and strength. Effects vary by sport. That is why most sports bodies are developing nuanced sport-specific guidance rather than blanket bans. She does not want nuance. Nuance does not generate the response she is looking for.
She says she is asking questions. But questions have consequences. Every concern she raises has a downstream effect. It shows up in legislation. In bathroom bans. In protest signs outside hospitals. In children being denied healthcare. Her words are not neutral. They travel. They arrive somewhere and that somewhere has a body count.
The woman who built her legacy on a story about love defeating hatred is now building a new legacy on fear. She has aligned herself with organisations listed as hate groups. She has become a figure celebrated by people who do not care about women, do not care about children and do not care about anyone who is not useful to their immediate political goals.
She is not standing up for women.
She is standing on trans people to elevate herself.
Que los miembros de las selecciones hablen en sus lenguas maternas o nativas y cuando les digan que hablen en inglés contesten que no son gringos y listo.
El papel de estupida que esta haciendo USA es incalculable.
¡¡¡ LAMENTABLE LO DE FIFA ❌ !!!
¡¡¡ LAMENTABLE LO DE FIFA ❌ !!!
Ya son 3 jugadores que han sido regañados por querer responder las preguntas de ciertos periodistas en español.
➡️Achraf Hakimi 🇲🇦 fue empatico con un periodista de TV Azteca que le preguntó en español, fue un momento incómodo porque lo regañaron, sin embargo el futbolista calmó las cosas y le respondió en inglés a la pregunta en español del periodista mexicano.
➡️Vinicius Jr 🇧🇷 pidió que le hicieran la pregunta en español ante la complicación de entender el inglés, sin embargo esto fue negado por los encargados.
➡️Frenkie De Jong 🇳🇱 vivió un caso parecido a Hakimi, le preguntaron en español y él también fue empatico y dijo que no le molestaba contestar en español, sin embargo nuevamente le dijeron que no y todo tenía que ser en inglés.
"no hay que comprar ropa usada porque está cargada de malas energías"
Sisi seguro que la ropa nueva hecha por niños tailandeses esclavizados tiene una energía bárbara.
@IxedBreed@Colombiana2691 If washing my ass didn't make me "gayer" or a bottom I sure as fuck can, also black people aren't the only people on the planet that use, rags, lufas, brushes, etc. for showering, duffus; stay dirty, crusty, stinky and insecure.
@Colombiana2691 Dudes as a gay Top I can Assure you using your hands to soap yo ass is not gonna make you gay nor a bottom, If you're that scared you already know you ain't straight. People secure in their gender and sexuality DON'T GO AROUND SCARED they're gonna TURN. This ain't a zombie movie
@AndresElFurro Si estas insinuando que soy chavista estas meando en una galaxia muy muy lejana.
Si estas insinuando que Maria Corina tiene la culpa o que los venezolanos de a pie no hicimos lo suficiente, sigues meando en una galaxia muy muy lejana. 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Cual es tu punto exactamente?
Listo las corporaciones gringas se quedan con PDVSA y Corpoelec...
Problema "resuelto".
Algunos pensaran "por lo menos no quedaron en manos de los chinos/rusos"
No creo que importe mucho la nacionalidad del verdugo... 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
ÚLTIMA HORA | Asamblea Nacional aprueba en primera discusión reforma para abrir el sector eléctrico a inversión privada tras 15 años de control estatal.
El proyecto legislativo fue aprobado por unanimidad de las fracciones políticas del Parlamento. https://t.co/FAOCoxu3Pz
Tuiter Venezuela da como arrecherita saben? Llevan cuántos años con estas basuras? Y ustedes todavía tienen el tupé de sorprenderse.
"Ay dios mio que injusticia"
Todos los días durante casi 30 años???
En serio?
@ImSpartacus18@truthache68 I'm confused... What are you talking about then? You experts didn't know you could defrag your drives from windows??? Last I did it was windows 7 and according to chatgpt it's still there 🙄🙄🙄🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@PenalverJulio1@gabriellavcs@edgarmanuel@AAAD25 Con que ustedes no tienen ninguno, solo son unos hipócritas que usan el nombre de su Dios y sus creencias religiosas en vano para discriminar, aún cuando su religión les EXIGE dejar el juicio en manos de Dios y amar al próximo.