07/06/2020

J.K. Rowling heeft zich de woede op de hals gehaald van een deel van de LGBTQI+-community nadat ze een grap maakte over de kop boven een artikel waarin gesproken werd over ‘people who menstruate’.

‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?

Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate https://t.co/cVpZxG7gaA

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2020

Vanaf daar ging het mis, want sloot ze daarmee transmannen niet uit? Voordat ze het wist was een terf (trans-exclusionary radical feminist).

‘Feminazi’, ‘TERF’, ‘bitch’, ‘witch’.
Times change. Woman-hate is eternal. https://t.co/R6YlRFEvgG

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2020

One of my best mates just called me. Self-described butch lesbian. It was hard to tell, because she was shouting quite loudly, but I could just make out ‘FUCKING YES!’ https://t.co/yEbP8ygn1P

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2020

If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2020

The idea that women like me, who’ve been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because they’re vulnerable in the same way as women – ie, to male violence – ‘hate’ trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences – is a nonsense.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2020

I respect every trans person’s right to live any way that feels authentic and comfortable to them. I’d march with you if you were discriminated against on the basis of being trans. At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female. I do not believe it’s hateful to say so.

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2020

"I've never felt as shouted down, ignored, and targeted as a lesbian *within* our supposed GLBT community as I have over the past couple of years." https://t.co/9tmEEydPIr

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2020

Collega John Boyne nam het voor haar op.

This thread by @jk_rowling is sensible, measured & empathetic.

The responses to the thread will not be.

Expressing an opinion on any given subject does not make one phobic; it makes one an intelligent adult who prefers conversation to aggression & dialogue to name-calling.♥️🌈 https://t.co/lfZ47a8TbU

— John Boyne 📚 (@john_boyne) June 7, 2020