As a person who cannot fully express the magnitude of the role that Harry Potter played in my childhood, I just want to get this off my chest...
FUCK JK Rowling.
FUCK her transphobia.
FUCK her for doubling down on her bigotry now, in the middle of Covid, and Black Lives Matter, and Pride Month.
FUCK her for playing the victim and acting like valid criticism and attempts to educate her are abuse and attacks.
FUCK her for her fake progressivism and her fake allyship. FUCK her rhetoric of supporting trans people while refusing even to acknowledge their identities and while openly using her platform to perpetuate transphobic ideas that literally cause people to be murdered.
And as a (cis) queer woman, FUCK her for pretending that her transphobia lies in feminist or queer activism, that she somehow speaks for all women because we’re all too afraid of backlash to speak out or that she’s defending the rights of cis queer people who for some reason also need her to speak for us.
You do not speak for me. You have no right to pretend to. You aren’t a feminist or an ally, you’re a bigot.
And to every trans person who was hurt by her words—I know that however upset I feel about this situation I will never understand what you are feeling right now, so I will say this: I’m so sorry. You do not deserve this. I know she and those like her are loud, but there are also so many people in the world who do not believe the hateful things she said and are ready to fight for you.
Happy Pride. Cis people, here’s a twitter thread with a list of organizations you can donate to to support trans people.















