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.
@ByGraceIamSaved The god you follow is a cruel and heartless tyrant. Regardless of him pretending to love humanity, the fact he punishes being one's true authentic self with eternal torment means he is unworthy of worship.
May The Angels reach your poor, corrupted soul and correct your path.
10 years ago today, 49 lives were taken at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, FL.
Today we remember them by name. We remember the joy they brought, the people they loved, the dreams they carried, and the impact they continue to have on so many lives.
Their stories did not end that night. They live on through their families, friends, and communities, and through those building a world with more love and less hate.
Forever remembered. 🏳️🌈❤️ #NeverForgotten #NOH8
On this day in 2016, a targeted shooting killed 49 people and injured 53 others at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history targeting the LGBTQ community.
Your feelings do not matter when you are denying the existence of trans people because their existence makes you uncomfortable. Healthy people don’t hate others.
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@B1g_mann She's allowed to criticize the whiny pissbaby for crying about people """bullying""" him for being a hypocritical crybaby, and saying it's for no reason. He's an asshole, and he deserves it.
in america, you're allowed to chase down a black child over something he didn't steal, shoot him, leave him to bleed out, and be found not guilty. but if you're a black student with a self-defense claim against a white student, they purposefully keep black jurors off your case.
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Foxes are cute
Women are pretty
Trans rights are human rights
Fuck Trump
There will always be the T in LGBTQ
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Fuck Israel
Free Palestine
Be gay do crimes
Trans Youth deserve heathcare