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J.K. Rowling Doubles Down on Transphobia as 2020 Just Gets Worse
We're not surprised, we're just disappointed.
J.K. Rowling has outed herself as a complete transphobe, yet again. And this time, she’s doubling down.
The Harry Potter author, whose series famously featured heroes fighting for the underdogs and the mistreated among them, has yet again taken to Twitter to express repugnant views of trans people and trans identity.
Her tweets began with her mocking an opinion piece about “creating a more equal post-COVID world for people who menstruate.”
“‘People who menstruate,’” Rowling wrote. “I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”
\u201c\u2018People who menstruate.\u2019 I\u2019m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud? \n\nOpinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate https://t.co/cVpZxG7gaA\u201d— J.K. Rowling (@J.K. Rowling) 1591479351
Her intentions were immediately obvious to anyone familiar with her prior public incidents of transphobia. Referring to people who menstruate as “people who menstruate” rather than blindly claiming all women menstruate or all people who menstruate are women is, in fact, the correct way to refer to…people who menstruate.
But transphobes prefer drawing a line in the sand to separate cis women from trans women and non-binary folks, regardless of whether those cis women actually menstruate or not.
Obviously Rowling’s nonsense got called out, and she did what we’ve all basically been waiting for her to do as a TERF — fully double down on her transphobia. And she did it by trying to claim she just wants to protect the rights of lesbians and cis women.
“If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased,” she insisted. “I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth.”
\u201cIf sex isn\u2019t real, there\u2019s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn\u2019t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn\u2019t hate to speak the truth.\u201d— J.K. Rowling (@J.K. Rowling) 1591480967
\u201cI respect every trans person\u2019s right to live any way that feels authentic and comfortable to them. I\u2019d march with you if you were discriminated against on the basis of being trans. At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female. I do not believe it\u2019s hateful to say so.\u201d— J.K. Rowling (@J.K. Rowling) 1591480967
\u201cOne of my best mates just called me. Self-described butch lesbian. It was hard to tell, because she was shouting quite loudly, but I could just make out \u2018FUCKING YES!\u2019\u201d— J.K. Rowling (@J.K. Rowling) 1591483629
\u201c"I've never felt as shouted down, ignored, and targeted as a lesbian *within* our supposed GLBT community as I have over the past couple of years." https://t.co/9tmEEydPIr\u201d— J.K. Rowling (@J.K. Rowling) 1591485864
People jumped in to correct Rowling’s notion that cis women and trans women are at odds with one another, or that…anything she had to say had any merit whatsoever.
\u201c@jk_rowling Also, it\u2019s a scientific fact that intersex patients with a 46 XY karyotype, who are by definition genetically male, have gotten pregnant and even given birth. Unfortunately, doctors have erased the existence of many intersex patients through genital mutilation surgeries at birth.\u201d— J.K. Rowling (@J.K. Rowling) 1591480967
\u201cHi, I\u2019m a geneticist, and not that Rowling will care but others might\n1) sex is real\n2) it is not binary \n3) sex and gender are different things\n4) gender is also not binary \n5) trans rights are human rights\u201d— Dr Julie Blommaert (@Dr Julie Blommaert) 1591518997
\u201cno trans person is saying sex doesn't exist?? sex and gender are two different things and why use your platform to millions to randomly make a thread shitting on trans people and trying to justify your ignorance while the fucking world is fighting against racial injustice dummy??\u201d— MILES (@MILES) 1591538662
And on that note, happy Pride month, y’all!!! Except for the transphobes, y’all can see yourselves out.
Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
