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Maya lost - can it be true?

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OhHolyJesus · 18/12/2019 19:38

I'm not saying it is true - Twitter isn't known for being wedded to truth...anyone able to shed light? I thought the verdict wasn't due for a while...

twitter.com/boysvswomen/status/1207379435684585474

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TeaForTara · 19/12/2019 13:41

"thereafter to be treated for all purposes as the being of the sex to which they have transitioned"

So if a transwoman presents with clinical symptoms of prostate cancer, she has to be treated as a woman i.e. prostate cancer completely ruled out as a possible diagnosis because the patient is a woman. Yes? If not, why not?

CaptainKirksSpikeyGhost · 19/12/2019 13:39

There seems to be a whole generation out there who doesn't know the history of much at all: feminism, liberation struggles of one sort or other.....after all, it all happened before they were born.

This is the most worrying thing is my opinion.

Ineedacupofteadesperately · 19/12/2019 13:38

JK Rowling. Fantastic! As if I needed more excuses to buy Harry Potter stuff. Wonderful wonderful woman. Thank you JK.

Justhadathought · 19/12/2019 13:38

Wow, Justhadathought. That is quite something. Do they not know the history of bookburning, generally

There seems to be a whole generation out there who doesn't know the history of much at all: feminism, liberation struggles of one sort or other.....after all, it all happened before they were born.

ScrimshawTheSecond · 19/12/2019 13:34

Also, re JK - posted 35 minutes ago, got 9.5k likes already. That is pretty impressive.

It's this type of sunlight and action that will help to move things forward. Thank you, JK, for what must have been a bloody difficult decision.

ScrimshawTheSecond · 19/12/2019 13:32

Wow, Justhadathought. That is quite something. Do they not know the history of bookburning, generally?

GCAcademic · 19/12/2019 13:30

I felt too depressed to post about the ruling last night.

But, I feel a bit more positive today. The ruling is getting a lot of sunlight and being met with horror and incredulity. Today it is abundantly clear to many, many more people what the GRA requires of people and how it attacks our fundamental human rights to freedom of speech and belief.

This has made it harder for GRA reform to happen, at least in the way that the trans lobby want. It is that bit easier now to argue that the GRA should be repealed.

Justhadathought · 19/12/2019 13:30

They'll be burning Harry Potter books for sure now

You may be using this as an analogy for the closing down of free speech, but this actually does happen. My local independent bookstore was subject to the theft of books written by prominent feminists, and then images shown, on facebook, of them being destroyed.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 19/12/2019 13:26

Report them for targetted harassment, I do

She has got a massive audience. Good to let that audience see the TRAs at work IMO.

BoreOfWhabylon · 19/12/2019 13:24

Report them for targetted harassment, I do.

NotTerfNorCis · 19/12/2019 13:18

And the abuse she's getting - that nasty, derogatory, sexist tone, the hints of violence - all that is sunlight!

ScrimshawTheSecond · 19/12/2019 13:17

Yas, JK!!!!

theflushedzebra · 19/12/2019 13:17

Yup, TRA's crawling all over her timeline now. The anime avatars are out in force. That took... all of 15 minutes.

Stay strong JK!!

NotTerfNorCis · 19/12/2019 13:16

Woohoo!! Good for you JK!

TruthOnTrial · 19/12/2019 13:16

This was my issue with this too, that it was based on belief, insyead of science, and was a far bigger case/implications than this tribunal, but should be a mass legal case for women as a group to seek legal ruling on. The EA is surely based on sex, and sexual discrimination. Law exists on the basis of sex, medical protocols and treatments.

One should never lose their career for speaking the truth, which is essentially whats happened.

OkayGo · 19/12/2019 13:12

I am shocked.

koshkat · 19/12/2019 13:11

Yes let's hope that with her high profile voice that people will start to fucking see what is going on. This is such brilliant news. The media should be all over it.

JustTurtlesAllTheWayDown · 19/12/2019 13:09

JK Rowling, you utter queen Wine

LizzieSiddal · 19/12/2019 13:09

JK Star

Hopefully more influential people will start to speak out.

YellaHumberElla · 19/12/2019 13:09

In haste but just came to say thank you to Maya. I’m shocked and angry.

Courage Maya, whatever you decide next, we are with you.

CaptainKirksSpikeyGhost · 19/12/2019 13:08

Is there a crowd funder for an appeal?

BarbaraStrozzi · 19/12/2019 13:08

High fives JK Rowling!

(All the Drarry fan-ficcers on Tumblr are about to spontaneously combust Grin)

CaptainKirksSpikeyGhost · 19/12/2019 13:07

They'll be burning Harry Potter books for sure now

Hopefully, that means they will be buying them in mass to film themselves destroying them.

breakfastpizza · 19/12/2019 13:06

SHIT JUST GOT REAL!

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