{"id":39513,"date":"2024-03-15T13:23:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/?p=39513"},"modified":"2024-03-15T13:24:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:24:34","slug":"jk-rowlings-recent-statement-on-the-contested-meaning-of-transphobic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/2024\/03\/15\/jk-rowlings-recent-statement-on-the-contested-meaning-of-transphobic\/","title":{"rendered":"JK. Rowling’s Recent Statement on the Contested Meaning of “Transphobic”"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>J.K. Rowling is often accused of being “transphobic.” She is repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20211122-j-k-rowling-reveals-death-threats-over-transgender-row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threatened with physical harm and death<\/a> in response to her views on transgender ideology. And see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/police-probe-jk-rowling-twitter-29021683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Why? What are her views? In this March 7, 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1765822003246768198?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweet<\/a>, she succinctly states her views, which are also my own:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1765822003246768198?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39514\" src=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.01.10\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"509\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.01.10\u202fAM.png 502w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.01.10\u202fAM-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The word \u2018transphobic\u2019, as used here, does not mean an irrational fear or dislike of trans people. It means refusing to use gender identity ideology\u2019s jargon, refusing to parrot its slogans, refusing to accept that sex doesn’t matter when it comes to sport and single-sex spaces, refusing to believe a bearded heterosexual man becomes a lesbian when he declares himself one, and refusing to believe an abusive, misogynistic male is a woman because he likes to wear mini-dresses and pout in selfies.<\/p>\n<p>Like every other gender critical person I know, I believe everyone should be free to express themselves however they wish, dress however they please, call themselves whatever they want, sleep with any consenting adult who wishes to sleep with them, and that trans-identified people should have the same protections regarding employment, housing, freedom of speech and personal safety every other citizen is entitled to.<\/p>\n<p>But this isn\u2019t nearly enough for the dominant strain of trans activism, which asserts that unless freedom of speech is removed from dissenters, unless trans-identified men are permitted to strip away women\u2019s rights, with particular reference to single sex spaces like rape crisis centres, prison cells, hospital wards, changing rooms and public bathrooms, until we all bow down to their neo-religion, accept their pseudo-scientific claims and embrace their circular reasoning, trans people are more oppressed, and more at risk, than any other group in society.<\/p>\n<p>This is nonsense. 99.9% of the world knows it’s nonsense. The emperor is naked. He might be wearing lipstick, but his balls are swinging in plain sight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>—<\/p>\n<p>Related topic: I recently had my eyes opened on the psychology of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realityslaststand.com\/p\/sympathy-for-the-devil-autogynephilia?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=225618&post_id=141171698&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=rid4&triedRedirect=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">autogynephilia. <\/a>. And see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realityslaststand.com\/p\/holding-the-line-on-autogynephilia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.K. Rowling is often accused of being “transphobic.” She is repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20211122-j-k-rowling-reveals-death-threats-over-transgender-row\">threatened with physical harm and death<\/a> in response to her views on transgender ideology. And see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/police-probe-jk-rowling-twitter-29021683\">here<\/a>. Why? What are her views? In this March 7, 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1765822003246768198?lang=en\">Tweet<\/a>, she succinctly states her views, which are also my own:<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1765822003246768198?lang=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39514\" src=\"http:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.01.10\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.01.10\u202fAM.png 502w, https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.01.10\u202fAM-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The word \u2018transphobic\u2019, as used here, does not mean an irrational fear or dislike of trans people. It means refusing to use gender identity ideology\u2019s jargon, refusing to parrot its slogans, refusing to accept that sex doesn’t matter when it comes to sport and single-sex spaces, refusing to believe a bearded heterosexual man becomes a lesbian when he declares himself one, and refusing to believe an abusive, misogynistic male is a woman because he likes to wear mini-dresses and pout in selfies.<\/p>\n<p><p>\nLike every other gender critical person I know, I believe everyone should be free to express themselves however they wish, dress however they please, call themselves whatever they want, sleep with any consenting adult who wishes to sleep with them, and that trans-identified people should have the same protections regarding employment, housing, freedom of speech and personal safety every other citizen is entitled to.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut this isn\u2019t nearly enough for the dominant strain of trans activism, which asserts that unless freedom of speech is removed from dissenters, unless trans-identified men are permitted to strip away women\u2019s rights, with particular reference to single sex spaces like rape crisis centres, prison cells, hospital wards, changing rooms and public bathrooms, until we all bow down to their neo-religion, accept their pseudo-scientific claims and embrace their circular reasoning, trans people are more oppressed, and more at risk, than any other group in society.<\/p>\n<p>\nThis is nonsense. 99.9% of the world knows it’s nonsense. The emperor is naked. He might be wearing lipstick, but his balls are swinging in plain sight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n—<\/p>\n<p>\nRelated topic: I recently had my eyes opened on the psychology of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realityslaststand.com\/p\/sympathy-for-the-devil-autogynephilia?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=225618&post_id=141171698&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=rid4&triedRedirect=true\">autogynephilia. <\/a>. And see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realityslaststand.com\/p\/holding-the-line-on-autogynephilia\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6561,23,6599],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-woke-issues","category-psychology-cognition","category-transgender","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39517,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39513\/revisions\/39517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dangerousintersection.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}