Posted on 06/08/2020 8:00:43 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
I realize that certain press outlets will probably want to paint this as in-fighting between J.K. Rowling and myself, but that is really not what this is about, nor is it what’s important right now. While Jo is unquestionably responsible for the course my life has taken, as someone who has been honored to work with and continues to contribute to The Trevor Project for the last decade, and just as a human being, I feel compelled to say something at this moment.
Transgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo or I. According to The Trevor Project, 78% of transgender and nonbinary youth reported being the subject of discrimination due to their gender identity. It’s clear that we need to do more to support transgender and nonbinary people, not invalidate their identities, and not cause further harm.
I am still learning how to be a better ally, so if you want to join me in learning more about transgender and nonbinary identities check out The Trevor Project’s Guide to Being an Ally to Transgender and Nonbinary Youth. It’s an introductory educational resource that covers a wide range of topics, including the differences between sex and gender, and shares best practices on how to support transgender and nonbinary people.
To all the people who now feel that their experience of the books has been tarnished or diminished, I am deeply sorry for the pain these comments have caused you. I really hope that you don’t entirely lose what was valuable in these stories to you. If these books taught you that love is the strongest force in the universe, capable of overcoming anything; if they taught you that strength is found in diversity, and that dogmatic ideas of pureness lead to the oppression of vulnerable groups; if you believe that a particular character is trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid, or that they are gay or bisexual; if you found anything in these stories that resonated with you and helped you at any time in your life — then that is between you and the book that you read, and it is sacred. And in my opinion nobody can touch that. It means to you what it means to you and I hope that these comments will not taint that too much.
Love always,
Dan
Radcliffe proves the theory of “educated idiots”.
“Transgender women are women.”
Not according to science.
So, he’d date one - without reservations? Kiss one?
Transgender Women are delusional homosexual males that want to play make believe that they are women. Nothing will every make them into women, and the task is doomed to failure. This is likely a major reason why nearly half of them commit suicide. Their minds are in conflict with reality, and eventually the strain becomes unbearable.
Keeping money in his pocket.
Hey, Harry Potter, xx=xx, and xy=xy. They can’t be changed.
Harriet Potter...
“advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject”
If “professional health care associations” urinated on Dan’s leg, he’d say it was raining. What a font of wisdom.
I theorize that they have a brief moment of sanity where they realize they chopped off their “wedding tackle” and decide to OFF themselves.
Harry Potter feels the need to prove that he is liberal.
Exactly.
No, they’re not women. They’re mentally ill men.
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I suspect he’s more into boy bits.
If ‘transgender women are women’, then they should, if incarcerated, serve time in a prison with women. Same goes for men identifying as women. Shouldn’t be a problem, right?
Oh look, someone mansplaining things to a woman. What a shock it’s a liberal.
XX & XY. Yea, it really is binary. If you want to “identify and live as whatever, knock yourself out. Doesn’t make it real. It’s an illusion. Could be a real compelling one even. Doesn’t make it real. If you’re fine with it, and happy, great. Doesn’t make it real.
Just don’t come crying to me when your make believe world crashes. It was “your” choice.
A transgendered woman is absolutely a woman. And if you thought passing a kidney stone was hard, wait until you pass a baby through that thing.
The US government has invested 85 billion bucks or so over the years in AIDS research alone to ensure that gay men can have as much anonymous unprotected sex as they want without succumbing to the hazards of that lifestyle. This has long been deemed vital to our culture. 85 billion according to HIV.gov.
The least we could do is to invest a few billion into supplying transgender women with vitally needed tampons on a global scale. They are truly in desperate need.
Freegards
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