Sadly, very true. But it's not gonna discourage me from enjoying her work. And remember something. Just because someone famous says something, doesn't mean we have to agree with it, either. In the end, the anti-trans viewpoint is entirely up to the person on the other side of the message. NO ONE forces us to accept or agree with what some famous author says.
That's up to our common senses. Or should I say "uncommon sense" because I rarely see common sense in the world today.
Maybe they didn't want to have this kind of influence. Maybe what they do, doesn't really make them fit to wield that influence. But the fact is that they do have this platform, this power, and if we don't do damage control, who will?
We live in a world where a Playboy bunny became the face of the antivaxx movement.
To counter her new book with yet another nefarious or comic cross-dresser I would like to instead read a book with a high-achieving trans-woman main whose accomplishments came after they have transitioned. Can someone suggest something like that? I so far read three books with trans mains, and I haven't seen one like that. Preferably adventure/fantasy.
Ok, Thanks for the go ahead. Well then.
This here has nothing to do with JKR. If you want to join my headache go ahead. If not just ignore my blabbering.
My question was..., wait first I need to explain:
-I think after following the public discourse long enough I found my 'believe' shattered that man/woman where words for sex and actually words for gender. This doesn't bother me, I just want clear definition by which I can talk.-
So I'm thinking why do we still add 'trans-' in front of man/woman when talking about people who don't fit the general sterotype of gender matching their sex? Is it out of courtesy for less interested people, like I was? Is is just because this term is already well established, used by the people of the community? I'm thinking this because if man/woman means then wouldn't it be redundant to state that it doesn't match with sex? Like talking about red and blue and stating btw. this isn't about sweet or sour.
Or am I just to utopic with my way of thinking. (Or just a moron, lol, me is very confused.)
I kind of want to see an adaptation of the story of Periocles where the curse is actually a blessing in disguise because Periocles was feeling there was something missing in life and is now a badass Huntress under Artemis.
Though that doesn't really adress the realities of physical transition. Because magic and all.
Ah, maybe a business drama where the protagonist reenters the office after transition and climbs up the corporate ladder with newfound confidence.
Non-binary, agender, third gender, two spirit and other genders still exist. Some people also do wish to still acknowledge their transition as well. Some trans people do not use trans to describe themselves post-transition, but some do. It's really down to each individual. The term still gets used though because there are some issues in healthcare, the justice system, social work, etc. that still will only affect transgender people and won't affect cisgender people. So we need a way to talk about those issues without confusion, thus the distinction is still made even for binary trans people sometimes.
In my experience (I'm not an authority, this is just my experience) transman and transwoman are generally used when discussing LGBT+ topics or instances where it's relevant, like talking to a doctor, it can help them to know. Day to day, I think you would just call them a man or a woman, that's certainly the case with transpeople I've known. It's like how generally, one doesn't describe oneself as a cisman/woman or a gay man/woman ect unless the conversation is around a topic that requires that information, like this one.
I heard some people using this argument, and their concern is not about transgenders specifically. Is about how this law can be exploited:
Gender, as a personal issue, can not be measured or proved. That means it is easy to fake it for your own benefit. This includes cis-male perverts and rapists faking being trans-female to get access to women`s bathrooms among other things.
The argument is not transphobic per-se, but without a clear way to prevent the situations they are concerned about, it just seems like a reckless reform from the outside eye that may risk their own wellbeing.
Im actually incredibly upset with this thread right now.
First off JK dose not have a concentration camp in her back yard for trans people, acting as if this is the same thing by quoting a holocausts survivor is incredibly insensitive to people who had family's relating to that event.
Second I feel like theres a lot of erasure happening right now with crossdressers. Not all crossdressers are trans or even identify as trans (hi hello).
Acting like consumers who are not on twitter, or do not have time for this because they're busy trying to stop actual problems in their life like Nesquik trying to tax them for their own water and calling them transphobic cause they like crime dramas is insane.