Transgender, TWERF, and homophobia
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:date: 2020-06-12T00:21:29
:status: draft
:category: literature
:tags: review, harryPotter, blogComment, fromReddit

(response to the comment_ on the topic of femslash)

Let me intrude this thread again and reanimate this inferi of
a thread. I was thinking about this discussion when following the
last furore on JKR’s Twitter `about transgender issues`_ (and
`her statement`_ and her `original Maya Forstater-related
tweet`_). For the record, I 100% agree with her.

It is sad how the Real Life intrudes on our escapism.

What made me write this comment was rereading this paragraph
(told by Professor McGonagall):

    it appears that [Lavender’s] primary concern in sharing
    a dorm with you is that she is uncomfortable sharing a space
    with someone that she thinks might look at her in a … less
    than platonic manner

This is the line which seems to indicate that the top of the
Astronomy Tower is the only acceptable place for homosexuals (and
even they have to be somehow separated). I think the only answer
is that the complainant should grow a pair of gender-appropriate
body organs, because there is not and there should not be much to
do about it otherwise.

JKR links to the article_ defending existence of the biological
sex from a lesbian and including this chilling statement “I’ve
never felt as shouted down, ignored, and targeted as a lesbian
*within* our supposed GLBT community as I have over the past
couple of years.” Of course, not having any personal contact with
the homosexual community (not using the abbreviation, because
I cannot remember all letters which are included and there will
be new one there tomorrow anyway), I have learned for the first
time about this pretty wild conflict between lesbians and
transgender women (i.e., male → female conversion).

like many trans-woman are lesbians running from homophobia

like butch lesbians are maltreated.

.. _comment:
   https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/ghqq6t/best_fanfic_that_responds_to_the_reptilia28s_dont/fqmpda9/

.. _`about transgender issues`:
   https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1269409838318182401

.. _`original Maya Forstater-related tweet`:
   https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1207646162813100033

.. _article:
   https://thevelvetchronicle.com/anonymous-letter-from-a-terrified-lesbian-thoughtcrime/

.. _`her statement`:
   https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/