Ooooooooh Matron!!

Somewhere between right and wrong there is a garden, I shall meet you there. 👌✌️

[Ooooooooh Matron!! @IconoclasticUK]

20 across: I wonder what the answer could be?

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Nobody's pissed off or trying to silence you. I simply disagreed with your publicly expressed opinion, which is one I've seen repeatedly and indeed addressed just last week. You've replied to me many, many times, so I wasn't aware you wanted anonymity over and above your name and avatar. From now on, I'll happily hide your name.

I'm interested in whether you see any irony in telling me I'm not trans so not qualified to speak, when you have literally no idea what it is to grow up female, yet feel entitled to redefine 'woman' to include yourself?

[Ooooooooh Matron!! @IconoclasticUK]

@Jebadoo2 "Further pathologising and medicalising them"

What do they think puberty blockers and cross sex hormones are? 🤔

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

We don’t address racism by pretending white people can be black, nor is ableism solved by giving able-bodied people wheelchairs, so why are women and girls supposed to applaud their male imitators, centre them in language and hand over rights their foremothers fought for? 3/X

[Ooooooooh Matron!! @IconoclasticUK]

@jk_rowling The purple pickled eggs I agree are something reserved for behind the gates of hell, but beetroot is awesome! I always have a jar in the fridge. Goes great with a selection of cheese and crackers.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

@wuphat1 @MinnOrchia But you're entirely free to 'deny my womanhood'. The provable fact that I'm biologically female is neither enhanced nor diminished by your or anybody else's validation. You can call me a man from now until Doomsday and I still won't sprout a penis.

[Ooooooooh Matron!! @IconoclasticUK]

@JacquiPJourno I have had 1 apology, which I got last year after 3 years of having me blocked after sending me abuse for my opinion on this matter. And actually the apology came after something (can't remember what exactly) @jk_rowling posted a tweet on the subject that woke them up.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

'Those still defending the sterilisation and mutilation of children are exposing themselves daily... it was never about the children for them... The kids were just collateral damage in a culture war we were told was not actually real.' ✍️@suzanne_moore
https://t.co/gw1sOSh3AK

[Ooooooooh Matron!! @IconoclasticUK]

@Jesixander @Tantrumfly @jk_rowling Is it kind to lie?

[Mia Hughes @_CryMiaRiver]

I mean, if it's not a social contagion, how do we explain this sudden, dramatic surge in numbers? Isn't it at least possible that something occurred in our culture in the second decade of the 21st century that triggered a contagion of gender dysphoria in teenagers?/2

[mgad @rebecca_wh50893]

@IconoclasticUK @Michael_AW77 @glaad @nytopinion WPATH is a bunch of pharma shills, grifters, quacks and lunatics masquerading as a trustworthy medical organisation. Has been right from the start.

[Ooooooooh Matron!! @IconoclasticUK]

@CSabatzki @Miss_Snuffy There's no harm in them being subjects, providing the teacher(s) can remain impartial and unbiased. But other than that I'd agree that ones personal religion and political belief have no place in school.

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

Do you believe Macbeth should be banned in all schools?

All these articles (pro and against) saying I have said ‘Leave religion at the school gates’.

I have never said this.

We allow fasting, prayer in your head. Hijabs, Sikh bangles, Rastafarian hair styles.

We allow religion at Michaela.

Be clear: we stop anything (religious or not) that undermines the unity, ethos or practicalities of the school.

Those who believe schools should be forced to have a prayer room, whatever the constraints of their building (ours are significant) or however much it destroys their ethos and unity, to be consistent, must necessarily believe that Macbeth should be banned in all schools.

Jehovah Witnesses do not want to read Macbeth just as much as Muslims would like a prayer room.

I knew one Jehovah Witness family who removed their child from the school because we read Macbeth as a GCSE text.

Why are there no campaigns to ban Macbeth?

If you have been demanding a prayer room and haven’t mentioned a word about Macbeth, you are a hypocrite.

[Ooooooooh Matron!! @IconoclasticUK]

When dealing with mental disorders isn't always best for the patients to be in command of their own treatment. WHO, APA, AMA and others, including the NHS have taken their "advice" straight from WPATH, who built their recommendations on weak clinical and scientific evidence.

And you support that?

[The Heretical Liberal 🇨🇦 @Rob_ThaBuilder]

True to form, the trans community has reacted with typically male-pattern aggression against anyone who doesn't dogmatically toe the rigid line of their new age religious ideology, no matter how measured or fact-based their critique is.

Transgender men continue to try to convince us that they're real women by *checks notes* consistently engaging in a very male-like pattern of harassment against women who get in their way.

This is a 60+ y/o woman who was just doing her job, and took a very measured (frankly, probably too measured) approach to the debate. But she blasphemed against the God of Trans, and now she must be hounded out of public life by violent men.

But remember to "be kind" to these freaks 🤦🏼‍♂️

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

.@KirstieMAllsopp I'm astounded by this comment. One of the gender ideologues' favourite slogans is 'no debate'. Opponents have been attacked, vilified, subject to discipline at work, had their lives overturned and lost their careers, all for the crime of wanting a debate. 1/13

[Ooooooooh Matron!! @IconoclasticUK]

@OwenJHurcum You want us to just accept medical abuse of children and young people?

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Since speaking up about gender identity theory, I’ve received thousands of emails – more than I’ve ever had on a single subject. Many have come from professionals working in medicine, education and social work. All are concerned about the effects on vulnerable young people. 3/4

[Kelly @KAScoaching1]

Please sign and share.

The way the xl bully type ban was implemented and it's negative consequences must be looked into.

Dogs are dying needlessly.

https://t.co/4mi4gl8pIR

[Ooooooooh Matron!! @IconoclasticUK]

@OwenJHurcum You want to see vulnerable children put a mecical pathway that doesn't have the bare minimum of research into it?

[Ooooooooh Matron!! @IconoclasticUK]

@jeremycorbyn Who are you to lecture LGB people on who they should include? You're a straight man Jeremy, get in your own lane.