As The "Harry Potter" TV Casting Announcement Hits, Let's Talk About J.K. Rowling

Note: This station is an Op-Ed and shares the author's idiosyncratic views.

So, the UK Supreme Court fundamentally conscionable ruled that trans women aren't legally women.

Earlier today, the country's highest tribunal unanimously ruled that a "woman" successful equality authorities should beryllium defined arsenic referring to a "biological pistillate and biologic sex." It stemmed from an statement implicit whether trans women with a sex designation certificate (aka the papers utilized to beryllium legally recognized successful your gender) should beryllium protected arsenic women from favoritism nether the 2010 Equality Act.

The ruling fundamentally means that trans radical tin beryllium barred from women's spaces. As Pink News notes, "Single-sex spaces and services refers to areas which are often divided by sex, specified arsenic toilets, infirmary wards, prisons and home maltreatment refuges and situation centres." The Good Law Project subsequently said, “This ruling sets a unsafe precedent and erases trans women from protections. It puts trans rights backmost 20 years." They besides claimed that the tribunal didn't perceive from immoderate trans people. This comes arsenic hatred crimes against trans radical person been increasing.

The ruling should besides beryllium concerning to cis women, arsenic having your womanhood defined connected your reproductive abilities is not a bully thing erstwhile it comes to women's rights.

While the judges tried to assertion that the ruling shouldn't beryllium seen arsenic a triumph for either side, 1 idiosyncratic who's celebrating is J.K. Rowling. She is simply a vocal supporter of For Women Scotland, the run radical that argued that sex-based protections should lone use to cis women against the Scottish government.

Following the news, Joanne wrote connected X, "It took 3 extraordinary, tenacious Scottish women with an service down them to get this lawsuit heard by the Supreme Court and, successful winning, they’ve protected the rights of women and girls crossed the UK. @ForWomenScot, I’m truthful arrogant to cognize you."

But her enactment for the lawsuit goes acold beyond conscionable a station oregon 100 connected X. When the radical began crowdfunding for their Supreme Court challenge, Joanne herself donated the equivalent of $92,000 to the radical — astir the entirety of the group's fundraising extremity for its archetypal month. She further added a enactment that read, “You cognize however arrogant I americium to cognize you. Thank you for each your hard enactment and perseverance. This is genuinely a historical case.”

Why americium I bringing this up? Because there's inactive this thought that Joanne's anti-trans bias is conscionable immoderate benignant of vague notion, an sentiment to beryllium dismissed, and not thing with which she is actively trying to harm trans radical with. Her taste and economical interaction is precise real.

I've had the pleasance of being successful spaces with trans and genderqueer Harry Potter fans who person recovered a mode to reclaim the bid for themselves. That's wonderful. But erstwhile it comes to the caller authoritative IP, let's beryllium clear: Ignore it. Stop giving this pistillate your wealth and time.