Escalating anti-LGBT+ hate and the terrorism it inspires

[The Mighty Mollusk]

The goblins were also pretty bad.

 

[Corvus]

Yeah no. There were signs before she went full on TERF that she was a racist bitch.

Ironbite-seriously Cho Chang?

A lot of those readers were too young to pick up on that sort of stuff. As such, I'm not going to lambaste those sorts of fans if they've caught on in the years since.

 

[NovaSaber]

I think anyone old enough to understand the books is old enough get a bad vibe from the SPEW subplot, though.

 

[Paladin]

Really should've taken it as a bigger red flag when the first actual fight the kids have in Book 1 is against a giant hideous creature forcing its way into the girls' bathroom.

 

[Corvus]

It's a couple of years old, but it's definitely germane to the conversation.

‘Hellraiser’ writer Clive Barker on the publishing industry’s homophobia and J.K. Rowling

“I feel very protective of people who are on the edge of our culture as gay people still are,” Barker continued. “And certainly transgender people are on the edge of our culture. And here you have one of the most successful people in the frigging world – Ms Rowling. Going after a very emotionally vulnerable portion of our culture. It just seems unnecessary and unfair.”

 

[Anonymous X]

NHS to be pursued if policies on single-sex wards don’t change, warns watchdog

The NHS’s current guidance means trans people are accommodated according to their presentation, but Wednesday’s ruling now means wards must accommodate patients based on their biological sex

www.independent.co.uk

One day after the verdict, and trans rights to healthcare are already under institutional attack.

 

[Anonymous X]

QueerAF (@wearequeeraf.com)

👨‍⚖️ The UK Supreme Court just redefined what a lesbian is 🧵👇

bsky.app

Urgh, seems like our transphobic government is even more transphobic than previously realised.

Labour minister says Tories should 'apologise' for pro-trans stance under Theresa May

Labour’s health and social care minister, Karin Smyth, has called on the Conservatives to apologise for the party’s pro-trans stance.

www.thepinknews.com

Labour ministers are now attacking the previous Conservative government for not being transphobic enough.

 

[KidTDragon]

It's wild how much mileage they're still getting out of that "we're doing it to protect women" bullshit.