JK Rowling - Women’s Fund

For JK Rowling "sex-based rights" are not the right to be paid the same as men, to live without sexual violence or coercion, to share the burden of unpaid labour, to escape the motherhood penalty or have domestic abuse taken seriously.

He's treading into libel territory there isn't he?

do we need to remind this idiot again what ‘Gender Critical’ actually means?

Thanks capital I was trying to do some screenshots but my X is not loading tweets 😕

So he was moaning about JK ignoring transmen (not true) when he and his grifting TRA mates have done exactly that until they became politically expedient.

Fox killing kimono wearing hypocritical arse.

Jolyon is here to save us from ourselves. Thanks for the mansplaining dude!

The fact that her vast wealth and support amongst Far Right extremists - remember Putin speaking out in her support? - also creates great peril for cis women who don't want to conform to gender norms seems to be a matter of complete indifference to her

"Mind blowing"...

Like a party popper in his case.

Here you go, on Bluesky

https://bsky.app/profile/goodlawproject.org

You don't have to have an account to read his rantings.

Does anyone have a link to the Facebook post where this was announced?

I can't currently access X. Can you share screenshots?

He should be delighted!

With his leading legal mind, unsurpassed winning record, and all the topp KCs in his rolodex, JKR's fund will be paying out like a broken puggie to him and his mates.

Mr Menno 🎯

Jolyon has taken the news as well as expected 🫠

The timing on this is perfect, following on from the Times interview and recent disclosure of her wealth in the Rich List.
No-one has any idea whether there’s 50 thousand or 50 million in her fighting fund. So any organisation taken to court by someone supported by the fund can be seriously worried they will run out money first!

You can’t just take lawsuits against “people you don’t like”. There has to be an actual
point of law.

Women should be able to fight for our legal rights in a supposedly law-abiding society.
This fund will give a few of us resources to do so in key cases.
If you have a problem with the laws then you’ll have to campaign to get them changed. And stop the childish, petulant whining.

Right now is a very good time for some high profile cases 'pour encourager les autres', & also a good time for this fund to emerge, like Athena, fuly formed and armed!.

Twitter comments make it clear it is not new eg:
'isnt it supposed to be confidential';

and
Colin Wynter KC@QcWynter
Many will have known of this fund, http://jkrwf.org, but many will not. Genderists will be doing their worst to muddy the implications of the SC ruling. Precedent-setting cases need swiftly to be brought against genderist employers, unions & other orgs.

to watch all the failed cases from gender critical activists now with a lot of money take up lawsuits against anyone they just dislike.

You can't just take someone to court and sue them because you dislike them, stop being silly. A court wouldn't accept or hear a case on that basis.

If employers, organisations or services don't want to be successfully sued by women for unlawful discrimination, the solution is pretty simple- don't unlawfully discriminate against women. Follow the law and you have nothing to worry about.

There aren't many 'failed cases' that have been brought by women, and the most cursory glance at the website shows that the fund is for exactly the kind of cases Naomi Cunningham and Ben Cooper take. In other words, those with a solid legal basis.

Women having access to justice on this really gets people's goat and I am fucking here for it ✌

After initial screening, applications go through a rigorous assessment by the JKRWF board. Awards are at the discretion of the board, and limited to closely defined legal actions with a clear goal and timespan.

Yes JKR has been hugely savvy in the cases she has helped. Roz vs ERCC, Sandie Peggie vs NHS Fife and Scotgov vs FWS. All have been very strategic. I expect that to continue as damage would be done to the long term goal if frivolous cases were lost.

Oh yes, Stonewall's stunning victory against Allison Bailey. How's that working out for them...
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/biggest-lgbt-charity-crisis-stonewall-3645337?srsltid=AfmBOopCWZhuP7y4g3l0AP7dCQ-XxgHeWB5_LpMIwrAwsVs_qoXi8VbJ

We'll see.

I look forward to seeing a repeat of Alison Bailey over and over.

Guess I could get some popcorn and roasted marshmallows (an overused joke Rowling likes to make a lot) to watch all the failed cases from gender critical activists now with a lot of money take up lawsuits against anyone they just dislike.

Yes we will see. The GC win rate was pretty astonishingly high before the law was clarified to be on our side. The GLP and your side astonishingly poor. Bring it on. 🍿

Don't be silly, Chris. Read what she's written:

After initial screening, applications go through a rigorous assessment by the JKRWF board. Awards are at the discretion of the board, and limited to closely defined legal actions with a clear goal and timespan.

She is rich, not stupid

...and, if I've understood it correctly, the higher courts are where case law is created

What a Queen!

I’ve just donated to LAVA in NZ and pre ordered The hallmarked man in honour of this fund.

To the pp who doesn’t love Harry Potter do try the Strike books, they’re fabulous.

I really don’t have a way with words, but I swear I could write a massive book on the admiration, respect and gratitude I feel for JKR.
I’ve been feeling so disheartened recently with the amount of organisations blatantly flouting the law, knowing that most women don’t have the funds to fight in the courts.
Bring on the legal cases!

Also, if by some minute chance that you read this…Thank You Jo ❤

And Jolly's big trans case on....

... Well, this is awkward...