LGBT orgs are speaking out about JK Rowlings

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41. I wish I could say I am surprised by this thead

but sadly I am not. Let's take some of the issues raised.

One, what is so bad about saying sex is sex (it should be gender is gender BTW but ignore that). The fact is she is erasing transgender people by doing this. People aren't claiming they are women to get scholarships in the UK or here. Just like when marriage equality was being debated and we were assured that hordes of people would fraudulently declare themselves gay couples to get benefits, and of course, that didn't happen. It didn't happen for two reasons. One, most people are honest. Two, there is a somewhat significant price one pays for being gay in this country and the UK and a huge price one pays for being transgender in this country and the UK.

Two, she says she loves transgender people, so what is the big deal. Well, the big deal is if you say transgender women aren't women, then you are saying they don't exist. You are saying it is OK for them to be ignored. It is OK for society to throw them away.

JK Rowling has many great qualities. She is clearly a great writer, I admire the fact she has been giving away her fortune, I admire her rags to riches story. But she is a howling bigot. Sometimes people with great qualities are bigots. Wilson and Churchill were great leaders in many respects, they were howling bigots.