What has JK Rowling said or done that’s transphobic

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Well done you, shilling for men whilst women will self exclude from their own single sex spaces. So progressive.

exactly this.
Sums up the mentality of it.
Women shilling for men and calling themselves feminists. It’s shameful.

Absolutely nothing. It’s bizarre. The world is literally bizarre.

Who would have thought that it would ever be controversial to say you can’t change sex, that a man is a man and a woman is a woman, and that that fact can’t change 😆

She's done NOTHING. She just wants the concerns of women and girls considered above men in woman's face. Apparently that's awful and men with feels, that they are 'women' should be catered for above any concerns at all.

She is brave, and most of all she is RIGHT. Finally, the law and sensible people are realising that biological facts matter. Others are a bit slow to the facts. Some screaming threats to women who dare stand up for women and girls.

it’s all part of the validation fantasy, which relies on women to go along with it and pretend. It’s deceitful at best.

JKR isn't transphobic. Stating biological reality isn't transphobic. You cannot change sex. You can live in your view of what in your head your think is the opposite sex, wear whatever you want, live your life. You cannot force others into not believing in biological reality.

We also all don’t all want to play the pronouns game. Our choice. Pick any of the hundreds of different pronouns you want, so what. Just don't expect others to do what you want.

Most of you are saying 'I don't like trans people and think trans people don't have the right to self determination not rights to access a bathroom that corresponds with their identified gender and lowers their risk of violent attack.'

The purpose of womens public toilets is not to keep men safe from being attacked. Womens public toilets are not justify or designed around men's gender identity.

You've redefined the purpose of women public toilets and getting cross when reminded of the true purpose.

So which of those statement is wrong?

And trans people are perfectly within their rights to follow their non scientific belief in gender. SS long as they don’t demand anyone else follow that belief we should be all good. As long as they use any spaces or facilities relevant to their se, then what is the issue? As long as they don’t campaign to change the law or impose their views on others

She has made it her whole personality which is quite exhausting and tedious. I feel a bit sorry for her in that sense. Whether you think she’s transphobic or just a feminist standing up for women’s rights, you have to admit she has fuck all else to say anymore.

I’d say they are quite entitled to campaign to change the law if they want. The problem activists seem to have is that when they do campaign, for example regarding the GRA, they highlight the issues surrounding for example single-sex spaces and most people go “hang on a minute.” What they would like to do it seems is change the law without considering anyone but themselves. (And preferably by the back door without anyone noticing).

She's continues to write books.

Isn’t she still writing?

The Hallmarked Man (2025): The 8th Cormoran Strike novel.
Christmas at Hogwarts (2024): Illustrated holiday children's book.
From the Wizarding Archive (2024): Curated writings from the Wizarding World.
The Running Grave (2023): The 7th Cormoran Strike novel.
The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac (2023): Official companion guide.
The Ink Black Heart (2022): The 6th Cormoran Strike novel.

This is saying more than most!

As for saying no to the bullying of women by a sub-set of men; and ‘no’ to the harming of children by making them think they are in the wrong body,

of course you have to keep on saying ‘no’ to those things.

Not very many people understand transgenderism as being able to change the actual genetic sex written in your DNA. That's why it's called being transGENDER and transsexual isn't really used anymore.

But, like I said before, if you labour under the misapprehension that gender is not real because it's a social construct, then you can very much just write the whole thing off and tell yourself you're not transphobic because there's no such thing as gender so therefore there's no such thing as transgender, so therefore transphobia doesn't exist.

Cool but look at her X page… It’s pretty much all she ever discusses and it’s been this way for years.

But if gender and sex are different, why are transGENDER people demanding to be allowed into spaces designated for the opposite sex?

If you treat a trans person according to their birth sex in all settings where sex is relevant, then you are

• being honest with them / yourself / everyone else
• respecting others who need sex separation - esp. women
• building a stronger society
• not pandering to delusional play-acting
• not allowing a small, loud, sometimes vicious minority to dominate and intimidate others

you are asking a trans person not to be trans

But what does 'being trans' mean? as no man can ever be a woman and no woman can ever be a man, then you are asking the 'trans person' to not

• play-act
• pretend that they are something they are not
• demand access to areas they have no right to (e.g. men demanding access to women's areas)
• be aggressive with others / intimidate / demand what is not theirs / etc.

in all public settings where being trans might be relevant

how is 'being trans' ever relevant in a public space?
we have to ask what 'trans' is...

• It is NOT a change of sex - men will always be men, women will always be women - biological fact.
• It is NOT a change of gender - gender is society's snapshot stereotype of what a man or woman looks like. No-one can change gender - if they play to the stereotypes of the other sex by how they dress etc. then all they are doing is redefining the societal snapshot stereotype of their own sex (hence in Regency times, high heels would say - man - today's world, they say woman - the stereotype snapshot has changed, because habits changed).
• It is NOT how you dress - a man wearing a skirt is not a woman, they are simply a man wearing a skirt - men wear sarongs in some cultures, kilts in others - wearing a skirt doesn't change your chromosomes.
• It is NOT how you appear - a man with his bits chopped off is a butchered man - not a woman.
• It is NOT in your name - Evelyn has historically been used as a boys name or a girls name as have many others - names are part of a society's continually changing landscape, if a man now says they are called Mary - that doesn't make them a woman.
• It is NOT in your pronouns - pronouns are accurately based on sex which is immutable, anything else is inaccurate.
• It is NOT in which toilet or changing room you use - you use the one suited to your sex - nice and easy
• It is NOT in the sports team you can join - join the one that fits who you really are - boys with boys / girls with girls / either in a mixed sex team.
• IT IS in mental health issues / gender dysphoria / etc. - which of course is not relevant in a public setting - it is something that should be dealt with in private by professionals who are there to help, it is a genuine issue for a number of people who need professional help.

So all that is needed is

• Honesty in how all people are treated - always by their sex
• Compassion for those who have genuine mental health needs

But, like I said before, if you labour under the misapprehension that gender is not real because it's a social construct, then you can very much just write the whole thing off and tell yourself you're not transphobic because there's no such thing as gender so therefore there's no such thing as transgender, so therefore transphobia doesn't exist.

there you are - made it accurate and factual for you 😁

I don’t believe someone can change their sex. That being said I do believe that people can choose which gender they most associate with and use the correct pronouns.

I find JKR one issue mindset on the subject baffling and can only assume that it comes from a position of sneering bigotry. Someone using their vast wealth and influence to attack a marginalised group is frankly, abhorrent.

Someone can be a different ‘gender’ in the social sense of presenting as what is considered typical of a given sex. JK Rowling has never said she is against this. That is what ‘Wear what you want…etc’ means.

The problem comes when a person maintains their that gender presentation should be accepted in all contexts as actually being the sex it socially represents. For example a male with the gender identity of a woman expecting to be housed in a women’s prison, or attend meetings in a women’s rape crisis centre.

Then there is something like the horror of males with the gender identity of women claiming the right to chemically induce a form of lactation and start feeding babies.

I find JKR one issue mindset on the subject baffling and can only assume that it comes from a position of sneering bigotry. Someone using their vast wealth and influence to attack a marginalised group is frankly, abhorrent.

The issue with your comment though is

• She doesn't sneer
• She is not a bigot
• She is not attacking a marginalised group

She uses her wealth to protect a vulnerable group - women - with huge numbers of projects on record showing that she id single-handedly doing more for vulnerable women in the UK than any other individual...

As for her remarks on X etc. - they are calling the bluff of a bunch of misogynistic, bigots who think that they control the dialogue - she generally pricks their bloated conceit with clever ripostes - keep it up JKR!

Who is marginalised? As transmen are women and transwomen are men, which group is being marginalised? I agree, people can dress however they want, but as you acknowledge, people cannot change sex, so therefore must use any facilities and spaces relevant to their sex. This is JKR’s stance. What about what she is saying is wrong?

Indeed. Trans activists changed things to their agenda wanting sex based rights replaced with general ideology wants. It's caused lots of harm. (See other threads for the huge amount of damage done by gender ideology to children and women.)

Gradually things are returning to sex based rights as was, and as should be. People realised, that humouring and being kind, meant ever increasing demands, at the expense of others.

Young people are waking up to the lies they were fed about being able to change sex. The irreparable damage to bodies and mental health and wellbeing. It will be looked back on one day as abusive, as it rightly is.