Tucker Lieberman

Jun 8

9 min read

The Misrepresentation of Compassion and Solidarity

No, J. K. Rowling’s 2020 blog post wasn’t compassionate to trans people

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The day J. K. Rowling published her June 2020 blog post, “Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues,” it was rebutted in a 120-tweet thread. It has been rebutted many more times since.

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