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Harry Potter and the actually good news for once

If you have been on twitter today you have probably seen everyone talking about this tweet by JK Rowling:

JK Rowling has posted TERFy things before but this is the most explicit. She is referring to an employment tribunal that was brought forward by a woman, Maya Forstater, who had not had her contract renewed due to being repeatedly transphobic (including repeatedly and purposefully mispronouning a person who uses they/them pronouns).

Rowling’s tweet is spreading misinformation about the employment tribunal:  The case wasn’t about whether you can or cannot say sex is real. Maya Forstater’s case was about whether discriminating against trans people is a legally protected right (not about her own employment) as she admits here:

The money for the case (around £80k) was raised through transphobic platforms such as Mums net.

Here is where the good news bit comes in: Forstater’s case was not successful. This means transphobes just paid £80k of their own money to give trans people more rights!  LMFAO! This case law/new precedent has strengthened legal protections for trans people in England!

The judge in the case ruled that TERF/’Gender critical’ views are “incompatible with human dignity and fundamental rights of others” and that TERFs do not have the right to ignore a trans persons gender

That refusing to respect someone’s gender and use their pronouns is an “approach not worthy of respect in a democratic society”

and concludes that being transphobic is not a political belief protected by equality laws

This is fantastic news and something really positive for trans people in England and Wales! I know calling our Rowling for being a Terf is important but losing this positive context is harmful. As trans people we are inundated with bad news and hateful views - today is a good day, something good has happened at last, lets share and celebrate that as the relentless bad news is killing us.

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to all the boys on tumblr:

you are not born a sexist/misogynist

you are not born a rapist

you are not born an abuser

you can change, learn, grow

you deserve as much body positivity as girls do. your body image issues and the eating disorders you may have are real and are valid

if you’re trans, you are in no way a misogynist for being who you are

if you’re trans, you are not worse than trans women, you are equal

you can be abused, by women too

it’s okay to cry, you aren’t weak for that

do not let this stupid site tell you that you’re worthless scum

you’re cute

you deserve support

i’m here for ya

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