@JustinMac84 @thejessiekirk Who did this podcast? A podcast which JKR felt comfortable being on likely wasn't a podcast that would put her in a bad light. Fuck, Joe Rogan is a podcast. Podcast != reputable and even if it was reputable, transphobia has an insidious way of sounding rational to people who aren't personally close to the issue.

Yes, she claims to not be transphobic and in support to live free of 'persecution'. It's unclear what her definition of persecution is as she does a lot of trans persecution herself.

@JustinMac84 @thejessiekirk [I am quoting and summarizing some of the shit JKR has said]

If this doesn't qualify as transphobic then you have made it an easy decision to block you. This post is made in good faith that you really aren't aware.

She follows social media accounts which dedicate themselves to hating transgender people (see Maya Forstater). She has liked social media posts that describe trans people as 'men in dresses' and 'male with all the bits who things he is a lesbian'. She peddles in lies about excessive detransitioning rates.* She also advocates for stronger restrictions in gender marker changes (see Scotland).** She has called transwomen as 'penised individuals'. Look no further than her book 'The Ink Black Heart' which is totally not a vendetta on how she sees herself. She has equated trans women to 'men performing their idea of femaleness'. She also continually mentions 'biological sex' without defining it. As a researcher in public health, this is asinine. Those two words put together have no official, widely recognized definition. Sex is not just two things. High school XY knowledge does not mean you understand the full breadth of what influences sexual development. Fuck, scientists are still continuing to find genetic segments which contribute to sexual development. It's just a dog whistle to attack trans people. She insists trans people do not exist - sounds like complete erasure to me. Saying trans women are men kinda sounds like a way to destroy a community. In the recent UK ruling she gloated about being a TERF and how she 'loves when a plan comes together'. She also donated ~$100,000 to the firm arguing against trans rights.

* some evidence suggests well over 50% of the general population which undergo any plastic surgeries regret it. Trans regret is less than 1%...
** One of the easiest and least controversial ways for a government to recognize trans people's existence and aid in reducing trans suicide rates

@JustinMac84 @thejessiekirk I apologize for coming across like that. Please understand that I am coming from the perspective of years of being told that I don't know anything from people who have no advanced biology or genetics experience. It comes from a place of frustration that people use the 'I learned this in high school' as support for - incorrect - statements on biology, i.e. since I learned this in high school and you don't know this basic high school level fact you must be terrible at your job or stupid.

It also comes from a place of frustration of experts and specialists being denigrated because podcaster/youtuber/twitch streamer/etc has convinced them expert = privileged elite who just wants power, money, and control. They have made it a personal identity to not learn facts from experts or challenge their viewpoints.

In broad strokes the high school XY lessons are not technically incorrect, just a combination of oversimplification and scientific knowledge improving over time.* Depending on your generation you may or may not have learned about X and Y non-typical configurations. XX with the SRY (the active part of the Y) being on one or both of the X's, XXY, etc etc. But even if you learned those configurations, most high school curriculum today hasn't caught up with all of the new genes and epigenetic factors we are discovering.

@JustinMac84 @thejessiekirk Yes education should be prioritized and improved. I would love that. But I am pretty jaded from the world rejecting education and experts. I am exhausted from watching in dismay at the dismantling of the US education system to keep these types of conversations from happening in classrooms. For example, in the US, only 39 states + DC require sex education with only 18 of those requiring that education to be medically accurate. No state has a mandated curriculum. 6 states explicitly prohibit the discussion of LGBTQ sex education. Another: Florida refuses to let the word gay be mentioned in a classroom.

I don't fault people for not knowing things. I fault them from not knowing and refusing to learn. I am not frustrated at people for choosing (or not being able to choose) to become specialists. I am frustrated at those who reject those who did choose that path and have that expertise.

* Sidenote: sex chromosome is not an official term and the person that coined it regrets coining it that because it leads to confusion

@JustinMac84 @thejessiekirk

Honestly, I thought you were likely a troll but with an actual posting history I thought I might as well try to assume best intentions. I'm truly happy it worked out. 💜

To be frank that is why its toxic over here. Vulnerable groups spend their lives under the constant stress of their identity, the core of who they are, being the target. Trolls pretending to be ignorant, slurs, generalizations, harassment, the list goes on. The 'I just want to learn' is a frighteningly common troll tactic. It's not healthy to be so reactionary but it comes from a lifetime experience of trauma and pain.* It's hard to not lash out. Unfortunately, it makes it difficult for those who do want to learn.

Thank you for hearing me out and listening. It means a lot that someone actually listened.

* Tbh my initial reaction to your post was anger. I had to calm it down before replying as I didn't want it to get the better of me.