The Gender Recognition Act 2004 was - at the time - progressive, but since then, many countries including Ireland, Argentina and parts of the United States have surpassed it. legislation which allows transgender people to legally change their gender on their birth certificate. Rowling’s words were well-timed to coincide with a governmental review of U.K. In all this, we are to understand that Rowling is not transphobic, but scared. In subsequent tweets, Rowling also compared trans-affirming healthcare to conversion therapy, and suggested that young trans men are merely confused lesbians. Her piece contained nothing you wouldn’t find in ‘gender critical’ forums and op-eds: that the freedoms of transgender women impinge on those of cisgender (not trans) women. Rowling’s self-published essay, “TERF Wars.” (In summary: a lot.) “TERF Wars” was, coincidentally, the title of a chapter in my memoir, The Gender Games. In recent weeks, my DMs have been flooded with messages from well-meaning acquaintances, many asking precisely what was transphobic about J.K.
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