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Can't believe I'm writing this, but disappointed in JK today

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RobynMiller · 22/04/2026 21:22

I know she is just one person but her tweets today are really undermining the whole GC argument.

Link: https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/2046948644373274709

'Nothing's changed. I was being honest about how I feel about an individual trans woman I know, who was a gay man pre-transition, and who I met for the first time post-transition. Objectively speaking, she has physical characteristics that make it fairly obvious she wasn't born female, but she's a gentle, funny person I've never referred to as anything other than 'she' and 'her'. I find it perfectly easy to reconcile my fond feelings towards her, and my experience of her as someone with very female-coded energy, with a belief that she hasn't literally changed sex (and incidentally, she doesn't believe she's literally changed sex, either).'

Basically, someone asked her about the trans identified male she mentioned in her 2020 essay and this was her response.

Does she not realise there can be NO EXCEPTIONS? Give an inch they'll take a mile and all that. It doesn't matter that he is gentle and funny or that he has very female-coded energy whatever the hell that means.

This does make it seem like when she calls TIMs out she is now doing it maliciously as she is perfectly happy to play pretend if she likes them enough.

Just so frustrating as it basically says that 'we could all play along with TRAs just fine and are choosing not to because we're such meanies 😡'

J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) on X

@surreykiwi @tonymc39 @theglassfish13 Nothing's changed. I was being honest about how I feel about an individual trans woman I know, who was a gay man pre-transition, and who I met for the first time post-transition. Objectively speaking, she has physi...

https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/2046948644373274709

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RobynMiller · 22/04/2026 21:36

TOYL · 22/04/2026 21:32

I think it’s important to remember that an individual trans person is not always a TRA. I don’t think it should be difficult to disagree with someone’s choices while also being respectful and decent.

So do you also refer to all trans people by their 'preferred pronouns' to be kind and respectful?

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Hedgehogforshort · 22/04/2026 21:36

I cannot see the whole discussion, but i think her point is that individual humans who “transition” are not the problem. Especially when they know what sex they are. It is the TRA’s who are the problem. She defends women's rights to our own spaces and puts her hand in her pocket, and challenges the most obnoxious TRA’s without fear.

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RobynMiller · 22/04/2026 21:35

IDontHateRainbows · 22/04/2026 21:31

Is the transwoman referred to a TRA though or just a normal tw not any form of 'rights activist'?

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Any man who insists people lie and call him she is a TRA

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PrizedPickledPopcorn · 22/04/2026 21:34

TOYL · 22/04/2026 21:32

I think it’s important to remember that an individual trans person is not always a TRA. I don’t think it should be difficult to disagree with someone’s choices while also being respectful and decent.

Definitely not a TRA.

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 22/04/2026 21:33

We have friends and family we want to co exist with. I have friends and family with politics I don’t share, beliefs I don’t share, priorities I don’t share.
I don’t police their choices.
I can only police my own choices.

As it happens, I think the man she’s talking about doesn’t use women’s toilets or facilities.

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RobynMiller · 22/04/2026 21:32

@PrizedPickledPopcorn There really isn't. Calling a man she and treating her like one of the girls and then turning around supporting their mental illness but then turning around and say you were just playing along is hypocritical and exactly what got us into this mess.

So many people thought just playing along with individuals was fine and were then surprised when TRAs demanded they put their money where their mouth is, so to speak.

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TOYL · 22/04/2026 21:32

I think it’s important to remember that an individual trans person is not always a TRA. I don’t think it should be difficult to disagree with someone’s choices while also being respectful and decent.

IDontHateRainbows · 22/04/2026 21:31

RobynMiller · 22/04/2026 21:22

I know she is just one person but her tweets today are really undermining the whole GC argument.

Link: https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/2046948644373274709

'Nothing's changed. I was being honest about how I feel about an individual trans woman I know, who was a gay man pre-transition, and who I met for the first time post-transition. Objectively speaking, she has physical characteristics that make it fairly obvious she wasn't born female, but she's a gentle, funny person I've never referred to as anything other than 'she' and 'her'. I find it perfectly easy to reconcile my fond feelings towards her, and my experience of her as someone with very female-coded energy, with a belief that she hasn't literally changed sex (and incidentally, she doesn't believe she's literally changed sex, either).'

Basically, someone asked her about the trans identified male she mentioned in her 2020 essay and this was her response.

Does she not realise there can be NO EXCEPTIONS? Give an inch they'll take a mile and all that. It doesn't matter that he is gentle and funny or that he has very female-coded energy whatever the hell that means.

This does make it seem like when she calls TIMs out she is now doing it maliciously as she is perfectly happy to play pretend if she likes them enough.

Just so frustrating as it basically says that 'we could all play along with TRAs just fine and are choosing not to because we're such meanies 😡'

Is the transwoman referred to a TRA though or just a normal tw not any form of 'rights activist'?

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 22/04/2026 21:30

I disagree.

There’s a huge difference between individuals and policy.