Acclaimed author J.K. Rowling announced on Saturday that she may have found the winning entry for &#8220;Bats*** Take of the Year,&#8221; and she shared her findings in an X post.
In addition to creating the famed &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; book series, Rowling has been a vocal advocate for sex-based rights and, in particular, protections for single-sex spaces for women who are survivors of domestic abuse. For that reason, radical transgender activists have labeled her a Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF) and have repeatedly targeted her for abuse and harassment on social media.
Rowling highlighted one such attack in her Saturday post, saying it ought to be a contender for one of the craziest comments of the year.
She shared a screenshot of just the text of the post — without displaying the person&#8217;s identity: &#8220;Has it ever occurred to you that by constantly suggesting that men get into women&#8217;s spaces to rape by wearing a dress and a wig that they might be following your suggestion? Your endless bulls*** harms both women and trans people.&#8221;
Rowling responded to the post, saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s only February, but this will take some beating at the 2025 Bats*** Take of the Year Awards. &#8216;It&#8217;s women&#8217;s fault if trans-identified men commit sexual assault in previously women-only spaces, because by saying that&#8217;s a thing that happens, women put the idea in men&#8217;s heads.'&#8221;
The author also responded to a recent post from trans-identifying male politician Sophie Molly, who had complained that trans people were less welcome in the United Kingdom than ever.
&#8220;Trans people are being treated with the utmost contempt and disdain. The polls have recorded a steep downward trend in support for trans people since 2018,&#8221; Molly posted.
&#8220;Turns out threatening and enacting violence, trying to get opponents sacked from their jobs, fighting to remove women’s rights, expecting to be treated as a holy victim caste and screaming ‘bigot’ at all who disagree isn’t the most effective form of activism. Who’d have thought,&#8221; Rowling replied.
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Turns out threatening and enacting violence, trying to get opponents sacked from their jobs, fighting to remove women’s rights, expecting to be treated as a holy victim caste and screaming ‘bigot’ at all who disagree isn’t the most effective form of activism. Who’d have thought. <a href="https://t.co/BNwN1ZK3a5">https://t.co/BNwN1ZK3a5</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1889996709465571778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Last month, the Taliban put into effect new laws stripping the women of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/afghanistan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Afghanistan</a> of the last of their basic human rights. While here in America, feminists like to define their basic human rights as access to abortion, Afghan women are no longer allowed to speak in public, show any skin or leave their home without a male chaperone.
As of late August, the Taliban received approval from supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada to put into place its “<a href="https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-vice-virtue-laws-women-b6db61e124116c712c867d2e1a4532ba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vice and Virtue decree</a>,” which prohibits Islamic people from many religious and daily practices. Females were, unsurprisingly, hit the hardest by these new laws. Afghan women have been deemed as temptations, and therefore cannot show any skin or use their voices in public for any reason. They also may not make eye contact with men to whom they are not married, or blood related, out of fear of punishment and torture.
These new practices and ones already in place, including the end of education for women at 12 years of age and the inability to see male doctors, have not only left women with no rights, but truly no chance at a healthy and contented life. If these women are not allowed to be educated enough to be health care providers, and also can’t see male doctors, what will happen to them if and when they need health care? They will clearly become sick and suffer — which is, ultimately, the Taliban’s goal.
Women have been banned from most public spaces including parks, gyms and many stores. This has left women-led households particularly vulnerable. Since women are no longer let out of the home without a male, they are unable to walk, exercise or even shop for basic necessities like food.
Why is no one talking about this? Coming up on a month after the new bans took effect, the Biden Administration has barely mentioned this situation, let alone done anything to combat it. Where are the thousands of women who marched and protested after the overturn of Roe v. Wade and chanted “my body my choice?” Why don’t these people seem to care about the Afghan women having no rights over their bodies — including what they can wear, who they can speak to, or if they can speak at all? Or what about the girls as young as 5-years-old being sold into marriages under the Taliban — what about their choice?
The answer ultimately comes down to the sad fact that it was the Biden-Harris Administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/terror-threats-from-afghanistan-have-flourished-under-biden-harris-admin-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who helped fuel</a> the Taliban to be able to perpetrate these acts in the first place. It is American taxpayer dollars that have been sent to make all of this happen. In August, the Taliban received <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-aid-vetting-failures-may-have-benefited-militants-afghanistan-watchdog-finds-2024-07-17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nearly $240 million</a> in U.S. aid. The funds, ironically, even came from a State Department division called “Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.” How does funding a brutal group that uses physical abuse as punishment for speaking in public qualify as maintaining human rights?
In Afghanistan, women&#8217;s lives are truly not their own. This is not just a matter of abortion or contraception as we hear in America. Women are being sentenced to death for “moral crimes” such as adultery or refusal of arranged marriages. Women who commit these crimes are being put to death, even by stoning. Afghan women are also eligible for forced “virginity testing” which are often inaccurate tests performed on young women to determine if they have abstained from sexual relations. If girls “fail” these tests, they can face torture, ridicule or death, even in cases of rape. If a woman has been raped and is married, she is an adulterer, which once again circles back to the “moral crimes” punishments.
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It’s important to note that Afghanistan wasn’t always like this. Prior to the Afghan–Soviet War in 1979, women actually experienced a fair number of freedoms. They were able to work, express themselves through choice of clothing. But after the war, and the initial takeover by the Taliban in 1996, these women and girls slowly started to lose themselves to the evil that had taken over their home.
American feminists might want to open their eyes to see beyond their tired and misguided rhetoric. Take a look at what actual denial of a woman’s control over her body looks like.
These women will continue to suffer under the Taliban as long as Biden and Harris remain in office. It is their policy blunders that have assisted in the progression of these inhumane acts. In the meantime, Islamic women have taken to social media and to singing in the streets to protest the laws leaving them deprived of actual human rights.
The next time American feminists try to tell you about your “oppression” as a female in America, remember you are still allowed to speak in public, receive an education, carry out a career, and have access to world-class health care — all unattainable dreams for Afghan women who don’t have the blessing and privilege to be a woman in America today.
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Tessa Gervasini is a recent graduate of Texas Christian University.
The view expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Daily Wire.

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The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed the Title IX CRA (Congressional Review Act) on Thursday, taking an important step toward overturning President Joe Biden&#8217;s recent rewrite of Title IX.
Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) celebrated the bill&#8217;s passage with a post on X, saying, &#8220;The House just passed my bill to protect girls&#8217; sports by blocking Joe Biden&#8217;s radical Title IX rewrite. It&#8217;s a great day for our daughters and granddaughters, who deserve protection from Biden’s radical attempt to force men into their private spaces &amp; athletics.&#8221;
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🚨The House just passed my bill to protect girls&#8217; sports by blocking Joe Biden&#8217;s radical Title IX rewrite. It&#8217;s a great day for our daughters and granddaughters, who deserve protection from Biden’s radical attempt to force men into their private spaces &amp; athletics. <a href="https://t.co/SGyH3ITls4">pic.twitter.com/SGyH3ITls4</a>
— Rep. Mary Miller (@RepMaryMiller) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMaryMiller/status/1811422891789234450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Others joined her in cheering the victory, sharing their sentiments via X as well.
&#8220;BREAKING: Title IX CRA passes the House, one step closer to repealing Biden&#8217;s discriminatory Title IX rule that puts women &amp; girls at risk!&#8221; The Independent Women&#8217;s Forum added. &#8220;Thank you @RepMaryMiller for introducing H.J.Res. 165 &amp; fighting Biden&#8217;s radical efforts to redefine gender.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Title IX CRA passes the House, one step closer to repealing Biden&#8217;s discriminatory Title IX rule that puts women &amp; girls at risk!
Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMaryMiller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMaryMiller</a> for introducing H.J.Res. 165 &amp; fighting Biden&#8217;s radical efforts to redefine gender. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TakeBackTitleIX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TakeBackTitleIX</a> <a href="https://t.co/aqOSvWSlTp">pic.twitter.com/aqOSvWSlTp</a>
— Independent Women&#8217;s Forum (@IWF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IWF/status/1811426106278301837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In <a href="https://x.com/IWF/status/1811430276242796913" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another post</a>, the IWF stated, &#8220;We&#8217;ve come too far to be erased!&#8221;
&#8220;A win for women &amp; girls, biological reality, common sense, and humanity!&#8221; former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines said.
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A win for women &amp; girls, biological reality, common sense, and humanity!
Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMaryMiller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMaryMiller</a> 👏🏼 <a href="https://t.co/7kLLV1gbYf">https://t.co/7kLLV1gbYf</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1811442448939516110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In order to succeed in <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/2024/06/14/house-republicans-advance-legislation-block-title-ix-regs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overturning Biden&#8217;s rewrite of Title IX</a> — which applies the law&#8217;s protections to include gender identity rather than only biological sex and allows males into female-only spaces and athletic competitions — the Title IX CRA would also have to pass with a simple majority in the Democrat-controlled Senate, after which President Biden could still exercise his veto power.

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Activists in Carrboro, North Carolina — near Chapel Hill — vandalized a tour bus promoting women&#8217;s sports advocates on their &#8220;<a href="https://ourbodiesoursports.com/bus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Take Back Title IX</a>&#8221; summer bus tour, scrawling profane and anti-woman messages all over the outside of the bus as well as pelting it with eggs.
The Independent Women&#8217;s Forum is promoting the tour, which features a number of prominent female athletes — among them former collegiate swimmers Riley Gaines and Paula Scanlan and tennis legend Martina Navratilova — and shared photos and video of the bus after it had been vandalized.
&#8220;ATTACK ON FEMALE ATHLETES ON TOUR, BUS TOUR THREATENED:  Overnight vandals violated nearly every inch of the Our Bodies, Our Sports #TakeBackTitleIX bus in Chapel Hill, NC. Egged &amp; defaced with profanity &amp; anti-woman messages. Radical gender ideologues on a mission to erase womanhood seek to keep us quiet. WE WON’T BACK DOWN. WOMEN WON’T BE SILENT,&#8221; the IWF posted. &#8220;Bad enough they&#8217;re throwing women under the bus, now they&#8217;re throwing eggs at it. What&#8217;s next!?&#8221;
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Bad enough they&#8217;re throwing women under the bus, now they&#8217;re throwing eggs at it. What&#8217;s next⁉️ 
FULL LENGTH VIDEO OF VANDALIZED OUR BODIES, OUR SPORTS <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TAKEBACKTITLEIX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TAKEBACKTITLEIX</a> SUMMER 2024 TOUR BUS: <a href="https://t.co/wsVmDiBPRC">pic.twitter.com/wsVmDiBPRC</a>
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Messages written on the bus included, &#8220;transphobic f***s,&#8221; &#8220;protect trans kids,&#8221; &#8220;hate group,&#8221; and &#8220;f*** transphobia&#8221; — along with a crude drawing of male genitalia.
&#8220;Gender ideology seeks to destroy, NOT understand, uplift, listen, or reason. During Pride, we&#8217;re told that it is about love and acceptance. Thanks for showing your true colors. We couldn&#8217;t have done it better ourselves,&#8221; the thread continued. &#8220;No one is above the law, right? We expect a real investigation here. The reason this happens is because certain groups know they are above the law, and they act with impunity. @CarrboroPD is on it.&#8221;
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No one is above the law, right? We expect a real investigation here. The reason this happens is because certain groups know they are above the law, and they act with impunity. <a href="https://twitter.com/CarrboroPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CarrboroPD</a> is on it. <a href="https://t.co/hyrM1sOlLR">pic.twitter.com/hyrM1sOlLR</a>
— Independent Women&#8217;s Forum (@IWF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IWF/status/1804201353058640197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;On top of the late night attack, at the Chapel Hill tour stop last night, a male, who expressed support for the cause, took a sharpie from a young female tour staffer &amp; instead of signing his name on the bus like other supporters, wrote ‘Transphobic P****” then violently threw the sharpie at the young woman while screaming “F*** you” in front of children &amp; their families. When did PRO-WOMAN become ANTI-TRANS or anyone?&#8221; a follow-up post read.
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The Our Bodies, Our Sports coalition is the FIRST &amp; ONLY coalition of women’s advocacy organizations from across the political spectrum fighting to:⁰ 
•PROTECT WOMEN’S RIGHTS 
•SAVE WOMEN’S SPORTS 
•TAKE BACK TITLE IX
This tour represents the largest, most ideologically… <a href="https://t.co/9k5IQul4j4">pic.twitter.com/9k5IQul4j4</a>
— Independent Women&#8217;s Forum (@IWF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IWF/status/1804202577833168963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Riley Gaines responded to the attack, saying, &#8220;You mean trans rights activists aren&#8217;t tolerant, accepting, welcoming, and inclusive to all like they say they are? Color me shocked. This is disgusting.&#8221;
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You mean trans rights activists aren&#8217;t tolerant, accepting, welcoming, and inclusive to all like they say they are?
Color me shocked.
This is disgusting. <a href="https://t.co/1T0AdwwI8b">https://t.co/1T0AdwwI8b</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1804214916381086190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Trans-identifying Scottish Green Party candidate Sophie Molly tangled with &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; author J.K. Rowling in a brief exchange on X, and things did not appear to go as planned.
The spat began with a post from Rowling announcing how proud she was to be a part of the soon-to-be-released book &#8220;The Women Who Wouldn&#8217;t Wheesht: Voices From the Front-Line of Scotland&#8217;s Battle for Women&#8217;s Rights.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m very proud to have contributed an essay to this book, alongside many women I’m proud to call my friends. For non-Scots, ‘wheesht’ means ‘be quiet’ or ‘hush up’, but I suspect you could have worked that out from the context …&#8221; Rowling posted on Thursday.
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I’m very proud to have contributed an essay to this book, alongside many women I’m proud to call my friends.
For non-Scots, ‘wheesht’ means ‘be quiet’ or ‘hush up’, but I suspect you could have worked that out from the context… <a href="https://t.co/EpcDW3CTmf">https://t.co/EpcDW3CTmf</a>
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1791014379200102665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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On Saturday, Molly responded — and in addition to claiming that the book was &#8220;deeply transphobic,&#8221; complained that anyone who was &#8220;gender critical&#8221; was taking away rights from those who identify as transgender.
&#8220;This book is deeply transphobic. It puts the safety of all trans people at risk. Promoting hate does nothing but harm society. Trans people are not removing anyone&#8217;s rights. The Gender Critical have removed trans people&#8217;s right to feel safe in public spaces,&#8221; Molly posted.
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This book is deeply transphobic. It puts the safety of all trans people at risk. Promoting hate does nothing but harm society. Trans people are not removing anyone&#8217;s rights. The Gender Critical have removed trans people&#8217;s right to feel safe in public spaces. <a href="https://t.co/0UhMtk7lOZ">https://t.co/0UhMtk7lOZ</a>
— Sophie Molly 💚🏳️‍🌈😸 (@SophieMolly_SG) <a href="https://twitter.com/SophieMolly_SG/status/1791940864295776316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Rowling replied on Sunday, pointing out the fact that Molly was passing judgment on a book that had not yet been published.
&#8220;.@SophieMolly_SG I&#8217;m seriously impressed that you&#8217;ve been able to read and review an unpublished book of which there are currently only two copies in existence, neither of which have been lent to you,&#8221; Rowling said in her follow-up post on X.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SophieMolly_SG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SophieMolly_SG</a> I&#8217;m seriously impressed that you&#8217;ve been able to read and review an unpublished book of which there are currently only two copies in existence, neither of which have been lent to you. <a href="https://t.co/NLJ64W1pGX">pic.twitter.com/NLJ64W1pGX</a>
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1792189165083164924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I can say with absolute certainty that you are a transphobe. It&#8217;s basic biology,&#8221; Molly said in a later post directed at Rowling.
The author replied, &#8220;Really interesting campaign you&#8217;re running. I shall follow your political journey with interest.&#8221;
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Really interesting campaign you&#8217;re running. I shall follow your political journey with interest.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1792199974471471518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Molly kept trying, replying to Rowling again: &#8220;And yes of course I know she&#8217;s being sarcastic. I&#8217;m just humouring her. Terrible writer. I am superior with the English vonacular [sic].&#8221;
&#8220;My English vonacular is indeed very rusty,&#8221; Rowling replied.
Molly later edited the post, blaming &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/SophieMolly_SG/status/1792251349389783208" target="_blank" rel="noopener">autocorrect</a>&#8221; for spelling &#8220;vernacular&#8221; incorrectly.

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Author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jk-rowling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J.K. Rowling</a> exposed the radical transgender activist playbook in a recent post to X, highlighting the response she&#8217;d gotten from a critic and explaining that she&#8217;d never seen the position articulated &#8220;so honestly.&#8221;
The conversation began with a question posed to Rowling, asking her how she defined &#8220;woman&#8221; and whether it just came down to having female &#8220;equipment&#8221; or if she believed one must make use of said equipment in order to truly be a woman.
The &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; author responded with a lengthy post, saying in part that she believed that women — in addition to their biological realities — were defined by a set of lived experiences that no trans-identifying male could ever have.
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You’ve asked me several questions on this thread and accused me of avoiding answering, so here goes.
I believe a woman is a human being who belongs to the sex class that produces large gametes. It’s irrelevant whether or not her gametes have ever been fertilised, whether or not… <a href="https://t.co/X6mbdJ0YVm">pic.twitter.com/X6mbdJ0YVm</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1776616861888655835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I believe a woman is a human being who belongs to the sex class that produces large gametes. It’s irrelevant whether or not her gametes have ever been fertilised, whether or not she’s carried a baby to term, irrelevant if she was born with a rare difference of sexual development that makes neither of the above possible, or if she’s aged beyond being able to produce viable eggs,&#8221; Rowling said. &#8220;She is a woman and just as much a woman as the others.&#8221;
She went on to say that women could not be put in boxes, adding, &#8220;Women are provably subject to certain experiences because of our female bodies, including different forms of oppression, depending on the cultures in which we live. When trans activists say &#8216;I thought you didn&#8217;t want to be defined by your biology,&#8217; it’s a feeble and transparent attempt at linguistic sleight of hand. Women don&#8217;t want to be limited, exploited, punished, or subject to other unjust treatment because of their biology, but our being female is indeed defined by our biology.&#8221;
Rowling followed addressed several other topics — including her opinions on gender dysphoria and medical treatments aimed at aiding those suffering from gender dysphoria to &#8220;transition&#8221; to the opposite sex — and her continued passion for protecting women&#8217;s spaces, particularly for those who had been victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence.
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And while some responded positively to the author&#8217;s lengthy explanation, the one Rowling highlighted rejected her words out of hand.
&#8220;That&#8217;s a whole lotta words and quite frankly I&#8217;m not f***ing reading all that. I just wanted to say that it&#8217;s weirder to do all the instead of just believing that trans women are women. Seriously, at this point which sounds more insane to the average person?&#8221;
Rowling blacked out the name of the person who had sent that reply and shared a screenshot with the following response: &#8220;This is the bottom line of every single activist I&#8217;ve ever engaged with on this issue, but rarely have I seen it stated so honestly. &#8216;Why can&#8217;t you just believe, it&#8217;s so weird you care, why make this complicated, just accept the slogan.'&#8221;
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This is the bottom line of every single activist I’ve ever engaged with on this issue, but rarely have I seen it stated so honestly. ‘Why can’t you just believe, it’s so weird you care, why make this complicated, just accept the slogan.’ <a href="https://t.co/0eFEArecy2">pic.twitter.com/0eFEArecy2</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1777688899671736519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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‘Rarely Have I Seen It Stated So Honestly’: J.K. Rowling Exposes The Playbook In Response To Trans-Activist

'Rarely Have I Seen It Stated So Honestly': J.K. Rowling Exposes The Playbook In Response To Trans-Activist

J.K. Rowling responded on Monday to the enactment of Scotland&#8217;s new Hate Crime Act, delivering a brutal X thread showing just who such laws would protect.
The author, making good on a promise to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/j-k-rowling-delivers-hilarious-translation-of-woke-trans-allys-x-post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deliver the goods</a> on April Fool&#8217;s Day, laid out a list of biologically male criminal sex offenders, most of whom preyed on young women and girls — and without violating the new law by &#8220;misgendering&#8221; a single one, she painted a disastrous picture of the consequences she says such &#8220;hate crime&#8221; laws could have on female victims.
&#8220;Scotland&#8217;s Hate Crime Act comes into effect today. Women gain no additional protections, of course, but well-known trans activist Beth Douglas, darling of prominent Scottish politicians, falls within a protected category. Phew!&#8221; Rowling began, sharing screenshots of Douglas posing with weapons while issuing threats to an &#8220;anti-trans&#8221; company.
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Scotland&#39;s Hate Crime Act comes into effect today. Women gain no additional protections, of course, but well-known trans activist Beth Douglas, darling of prominent Scottish politicians, falls within a protected category. Phew! 1/11 <a href="https://t.co/gCKGwdjr5m">pic.twitter.com/gCKGwdjr5m</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1774747068944265615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Lovely Scottish lass and convicted double rapist Isla Bryson found her true authentic female self shortly before she was due to be sentenced,&#8221; Rowling continued in mocking tones. &#8220;Misgendering is hate, so respect Isla’s pronouns, please. Love the leggings!&#8221;
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Fragile flower Katie Dolatowski, 6&#39;5&quot;, was rightly sent to a women&#39;s prison in Scotland after conviction. This ensured she was protected from violent, predatory men (unlike the 10-year-old girl Katie sexually assaulted in a women&#39;s public bathroom.) 3/11 <a href="https://t.co/13J5XfRo3a">pic.twitter.com/13J5XfRo3a</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1774748047815135286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Fragile flower Katie Dolatowski, 6&#8217;5&#8243;, was rightly sent to a women&#8217;s prison in Scotland after conviction. This ensured she was protected from violent, predatory men (unlike the 10-year-old girl Katie sexually assaulted in a women&#8217;s public bathroom),&#8221; Rowling&#8217;s next post read.
&#8220;Samantha Norris was cleared of exposing her penis to two 11-year-old girls. Hooray!&#8221; The &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; author continued. &#8220;Unfortunately she was then convicted for possession of 16,000 images of children being raped and sexually assaulted. Be that as it may, Sam’s still a lady to me! &#8221;
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Scottish woman and butcher Amy George abducted an 11-year-old girl while dressed in female clothing. No idea why this was mentioned in court – of course she was wearing women’s clothing, she&#39;s a woman! Amy took the girl home and sexually abused her over a 27-hour period. 5/11 <a href="https://t.co/xy3DmnqZrc">pic.twitter.com/xy3DmnqZrc</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1774748992317882717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Scottish woman and butcher Amy George abducted an 11-year-old girl while dressed in female clothing. No idea why this was mentioned in court – of course she was wearing women’s clothing, she&#8217;s a woman! Amy took the girl home and sexually abused her over a 27-hour period,&#8221; Rowling added.
&#8220;But most women aren’t axe-toters or sex offenders, so let’s talk role models! Guilia Valentino (in red) wanted to play on the women&#8217;s team &#8216;because of sisterhood, validation and political visibility,'&#8221; Rowling said, adding a post on biological males taking over women&#8217;s spaces for political and cultural attention. &#8220;Naturally, she was given some boring cis girl’s place. Yay for inclusion!&#8221;
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Mridul Wadhwa, head of a Scottish rape crisis centre, says, ‘sexual violence happens to bigoted people as well.’ She has no gender recognition certificate, but was still appointed to a job advertised for women only. Time to be ‘challenged on your prejudices’, rape victims! 7/11 <a href="https://t.co/YfxUhbh6cw">pic.twitter.com/YfxUhbh6cw</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1774749262934356448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Rowling also addressed the trauma that she says victims might experience in being forced to allow biological males into spaces that were designed specifically to protect victims from further abuse.
&#8220;Mridul Wadhwa, head of a Scottish rape crisis centre, says, ‘sexual violence happens to bigoted people as well.’ She has no gender recognition certificate, but was still appointed to a job advertised for women only. Time to be ‘challenged on your prejudices’, rape victims!&#8221; Rowling said.
Rowling rounded out the thread with several political and cultural leaders who espoused a platform of protecting women and women&#8217;s rights but could not define what a woman was.
&#8220;Munroe Bergdorf isn’t just a pretty face! Public campaigner for a children’s charity until safeguarding concerns were raised, she was appointed UN Women’s first ever UK champion. ‘What makes a woman “a woman” has no definitive answer,’ says Munroe. Great choice, UN Women!&#8221; Rowling cracked.
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Katie Neeves has been appointed as the UN Women UK delegate. She switched from straight man to lesbian at the age of 48 and, in a leaked 2022 webinar, described how she used to enjoy stealing and wearing her sister’s underwear. A truly relatable representative! 9/11 <a href="https://t.co/VKzF7IuJTU">pic.twitter.com/VKzF7IuJTU</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1774749594926076218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Katie Neeves has been appointed as the UN Women UK delegate. She switched from straight man to lesbian at the age of 48 and, in a leaked 2022 webinar, described how she used to enjoy stealing and wearing her sister’s underwear,&#8221; the author mocked. &#8220;A truly relatable representative!&#8221;
&#8220;Last, but least, TV’s India Willoughby proves we women can call a black broadcaster a ‘nasty bitch’ who ‘wouldn’t be anywhere without woke,’ dub lesbians men, insult the looks of a female Olympic swimmer, ‘joke’ about kidnapping feminists, and STILL get airtime! What a gal!&#8221; Rowling concluded.
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🎉🌼🌸April Fools! 🌸🌼🎉
Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren&#39;t women at all, but men, every last one of them.
In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their…
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1774749954629652873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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But then the author delivered the punch line: &#8220;April Fools!&#8221;
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&#8220;Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren&#8217;t women at all, but men, every last one of them,&#8221; Rowling declared. &#8220;In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls.&#8221;
Rowling then made it clear that she was not afraid of any possible repercussions she might face from speaking out against the new law.
&#8220;I&#8217;m currently out of the country, but if what I&#8217;ve written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment,&#8221; the author concluded.

‘I Look Forward To Being Arrested’: JK Rowling Torches Scotland’s New ‘Hate Crime’ Law

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Former female collegiate swimmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-effing-irresponsible-is-this-tennis-legend-destroys-trans-activist-slamming-riley-gaines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a> responded to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on social media after the Biden administration official fielded a reporter&#8217;s question about trans-identifying male athletes being able to compete in women&#8217;s sports.
During a Tuesday briefing, a journalist asked Jean-Pierre if President Joe Biden believes &#8220;it&#8217;s fair for girls to have to compete against biological males?&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/slapping-us-across-the-face-riley-gaines-rips-jean-pierre-for-ignoring-parents-worried-about-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jean-Pierre</a> replied, &#8220;It is a complicated issue. It is truly a complicated issue with a wide range of views, a wide range of views. There is no yes or no answer to this. It is complicated&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;We want to make sure that while we establish guardrails with this rule, that we also prevent discrimination as well against transgender kids,&#8221; Jean-Pierre added. &#8220;But again, a complicated issue with a wide range of views and we respect that.&#8221;
Following Jean-Pierre&#8217;s remarks, Gaines posted a message on <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1696684923413725657?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a> to her hundreds of thousands of followers slamming her response.
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&quot;Does the president agree that [biological boys playing girls&#39; sports] is a women&#39;s rights issue?&quot;
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Gaines sarcastically wrote: &#8220;Well, we do know we won&#8217;t stand for trans kids to be told they can&#8217;t play where they want, but we don&#8217;t know if we care about women, therefore this issue is complicated.&#8221;
&#8220;This is quite literally the least complicated issue,&#8221; Gaines continued. &#8220;Males compete with males. Females compete with females.
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&quot;Well, we do know we won&#39;t stand for trans kids to be told they can&#39;t play where they want, but we don&#39;t know if we care about women, therefore this issue is complicated.&quot; 
This is quite literally the least complicated issue. Males compete with males. Females compete with…
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1696684923413725657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;No one is being told they can&#8217;t play sports. No one is being told they can&#8217;t transition,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Just compete where [it] is safe &amp; fair. Again, not complicated.&#8221;
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The former University of Kentucky swimmer has become a vocal advocate for women&#8217;s rights in sports and has faced backlash for speaking out against females competing against biological males.
During an event at San Francisco State University earlier this year, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/did-this-just-say-peaceful-riley-gaines-unloads-on-san-francisco-states-response-to-assault" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gaines</a> says she was verbally and physically assaulted by leftists when she was on campus to speak about the discrimination women are facing in their female sports.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riley-gaines-shares-messages-shes-gotten-from-female-athletes-competing-against-trans-identifying-males" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines Shares Messages She&#8217;s Gotten From Female Athletes Competing Against Trans-Identifying Males</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mike-rowe-blasts-hypocrisy-of-billionaires-at-wef-blaming-everyday-guy-for-all-of-the-trouble-in-the-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Rowe</a> hit back after he was told to &#8220;stay in your lane&#8221; after he showed support for conservative podcast host Megyn Kelly, who <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HT5g9N_Y8qg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> Apple against de-platforming her for her views on women&#8217;s spaces and transgender rights.
The &#8220;Dirty Jobs&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mike-rowe-sounds-the-alarm-on-men-not-wanting-to-work-anymore" target="_blank" rel="noopener">host</a> took to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheRealMikeRowe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> and referenced a video he previously posted of &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-how-could-anyone-vote-for-a-party-thats-in-favor-of-letting-minors-chop-off-their-body-parts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Megyn Kelly Show,</a>&#8221; where Rowe says, &#8220;she vowed to march against the policies of Apple if they removed her from their platform.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bed-it-all-up-mike-rowe-explains-why-7-million-able-bodied-men-arent-looking-for-work-and-its-not-a-skills-gap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rowe</a> said he&#8217;d &#8220;stand with her&#8221; and added that most of his followers &#8220;agreed that the underlying issues – free speech and women&#8217;s rights &#8211; were worth defending.&#8221; But he called out one response that told him to &#8220;stay in your lane,&#8221; ripped Kelly, and accused him of &#8220;pandering&#8221; to a faction of &#8220;brainwashed, phobic, fear driven, fear mongering&#8221; people.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re going to share your feelings with 6 million people, why not take a moment to include some actual thoughts?&#8221; Rowe wrote in response to the critique. &#8220;Specifically, some thoughts on the right to speak freely, and the right for women to compete fairly? Those are the issues in question, not your feelings about Megyn or me. Unless of course, your feelings are the only thing you have to share?&#8221;
&#8220;All I said was that I&#8217;d stand with her on the underlying issues; just as I would stand with you, if you were muzzled by a big tech company for publicly supporting the rights of women,&#8221; he added. &#8220;As for your personal comments about Megyn Kelly, I don&#8217;t share your view that she is a &#8216;farce&#8217; of woman, but even if I did, I&#8217;d support her right to speak freely, and her daughter&#8217;s right to use a locker room free of biological men.&#8221;
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&#8220;You seem to believe that because I&#8217;m not a woman, I have no right to hold an opinion on anything related to women,&#8221; Rowe continued. &#8220;If so, am I also precluded from expressing an opinion on slavery, simply because I&#8217;ve never been a slave, or owned a slave? You advise me to &#8216;stay in my lane&#8217; in much the same way people used to tell women and minorities to &#8216;know their place.&#8217; That strikes me as a convenient way for people to silence those with whom they disagree, without offering an actual argument.&#8221;

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Eventbrite removed the listing of an upcoming “Let Women Speak Austin” event hosted by the Independent Women’s Network (IWN), which will focus on protecting women’s sex-specific spaces like restrooms and locker rooms.
Eventbrite said the event violated its rules in an email sent to the IWN.
“We have determined that your event is not permitted on the Eventbrite platform as it violates our Community Guidelines and Terms of Service, specifically our policy on Hateful, Dangerous, or Violent Content and Events,” the <a href="https://unfairlycanceled.com/stories/eventbrite-bans-let-women-speak-austin-event/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a> said. “As a result, your event has been unpublished.”
The event, set to take place on August 12th at the Texas State Capitol, will emphasize the “need to preserve and maintain our spaces such as bathrooms, locker rooms, prisons, dressing rooms, and sororities,” a press release from the organization explained. “Events like this one where we come together and use our voices is crucial to continue advocating for the preservation of these single-sex spaces.”
IWN is calling on Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to protect women&#8217;s spaces, <a href="https://www.givesendgo.com/LetWomenSpeakATX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying,</a> &#8220;Women and girls still have no guarantee of privacy in places such as bathrooms, dressing rooms, locker rooms, shelters, prisons, and dormitories.&#8221;
A <a href="https://iwnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IWN_Letter-to-Eventbrite.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> from the IWN blasted Eventbrite’s decision to remove the listing as “blatantly sexist.”
“Inviting survivors of sexual assault to share their concerns about being forced to undress in front of biological males is not hateful &#8211; it’s empowering,” it continued.
The letter, signed by IWN Austin chapter leader Michelle Evans and Independent Women&#8217;s Forum President Carrie Lukas, contended that it is empowering, not hateful, to give a voice to female athletes “who have suffered lasting physical harm, lost awards, and been passed over for scholarships when forced to compete against biological males.”
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“Your team of ‘Trust and Safety experts’ insults every woman in America by labeling events like these ‘hateful,’” the letter from IWN charged.
IWN noted that the event will go on as planned, and “the crowd of women ready to give a public record of their dissent grows with every retweet about the deplatforming.”
“Stop silencing women. Reverse this decision immediately.”
Eventbrite did not respond to a request for comment.

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Eventbrite Cancels ‘Let Women Speak’ Event Alleging ‘Hateful Content’

Eventbrite Cancels 'Let Women Speak' Event Alleging 'Hateful Content'

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A Wisconsin school district will be forced to allow male students who identify as female to use the girls&#8217; restroom and locker room, a federal judge ordered Thursday.
The Mukwonago Area School District in the Milwaukee area is prohibited from enforcing its new policy banning students from using the bathroom of the opposite sex after Judge Lynn Adelman in the Eastern District of Wisconsin <a href="https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/court-rules-for-11-year-old-trans-girl-in-lawsuit-against-mukwonago-schools-bathroom-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued</a> a temporary restraining order against the policy.
The mother of an 11-year-old trans-identifying student, a boy who identifies as a girl, filed the lawsuit on behalf of her son.
The judge&#8217;s decision blocks the district from keeping the 11-year-old boy out of the girls&#8217; bathroom. The temporary restraining order states that the boy has been using the girls&#8217; bathroom since he was in third grade and is entering sixth grade. The boy is reportedly <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/school-forced-let-transgender-student-use-girls-bathroom-1811635" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently</a> attending summer school and was told by school district staff that he must use either the boys&#8217; bathroom or a gender-neutral option. The restraining order also says the boy is suffering &#8220;emotional and mental harms&#8221; due to the bathroom policy.
&#8220;We are very pleased that the court recognized so clearly that our client&#8217;s rights were being violated and that immediate action was needed to protect her,&#8221; a member of the pre-teen student&#8217;s legal team <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/school-forced-let-transgender-student-use-girls-bathroom-1811635" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Newsweek.
&#8220;We hope this gives her a chance to enjoy the rest of her summer program and look forward to defending this victory as the litigation continues,&#8221; the student&#8217;s legal team member said.
The district&#8217;s bathroom policy, called the &#8220;Student Privacy in Restrooms and Locker Rooms,&#8221; was unanimously passed by the school board on June 26.
&#8220;The Board believes students should feel safe and secure in the school environment, and the Board respects their right to privacy as it pertains to the use of District facilities,&#8221; the policy reads. &#8220;To that end, except as otherwise required by law, students shall use restroom and locker room facilities on District property and at District-sponsored events according to each student&#8217;s sex assigned at birth.&#8221;
The school district <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/west/2023/07/10/judge-grants-temporary-restraining-order-in-mukwonago-bathroom-lawsuit/70387127007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the new bathroom and locker room policy will allow exceptions on a case-by-case basis. School staff, school officials, the student&#8217;s parents, and the student will consult together on accommodations for those exceptions.
The mother of the trans-identifying student accused the Mukwonago school district of &#8220;ongoing discrimination&#8221; against her son. She said Superintendent Joe Koch and the school district are &#8220;targeting an eleven-year-old child, and that is disgusting.&#8221;
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&#8220;No student should have to endure consistent invasions of their privacy and have their well-being threatened,&#8221; the mother said.
The school district responded to Thursday&#8217;s ruling by saying it would &#8220;continue to defend&#8221; the bathroom policy &#8220;in the interest of protecting the safety, privacy, and wellness of all students.&#8221;
Over the last few years, gender identity has become a prominent issue for parents and school districts nationwide, with many parents weighing in on bathroom policies, LGBT curriculum content, and parental notification policies.
Meanwhile, it is more popular than ever for youth to adopt new gender identities. An estimated 300,000 minors aged 13 to 17 <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transgender-estimate-press-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as transgender as of last year.

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Wisconsin School District Must Let Trans-Identifying Student Use Girls’ Restroom, Federal Judge Orders

Wisconsin School District Must Let Trans-Identifying Student Use Girls' Restroom, Federal Judge Orders

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Gender

Public Schools

Wisconsin

A trans-identifying male reportedly gave a talk on &#8220;women&#8217;s empowerment&#8221; at a New Jersey women&#8217;s prison.
La’Nae Grant, a biological man who identifies as a woman, lectured female inmates on June 20 at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women about women&#8217;s empowerment and the importance of “inclusivity,” Reduxx <a href="https://reduxx.info/exclusive-trans-identified-male-presents-on-womens-empowerment-at-nj-prison-plagued-by-violent-male-transfers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Grant reportedly urged the women to accept that “transgender women are women” and said he thinks “cisgender women” may not immediately accept trans-identifying men due to “competition” for male sexual partners.
Kokila Hiatt, an inmate at the facility, described the event to Reduxx, saying many of the women who attended did not know the event would discuss gender identity.
“Many women behaved in a polite manner by sitting and listening. A lot of people just tuned out. No one was anticipating what this event was really about. It was billed as a Women’s Empowerment Event. His picture was on the sign-up sheet, but this person visibly ‘passes’ as a woman, so no one thought anything of it when they signed up to attend,” Hiatt told Reduxx.
“Attendance was not required in that people signed up to attend, but please remember, no one knew what it was they were really signing up for. They were duped into attending something for this transgender person,” Hiatt said.
Hiatt called the event &#8220;government-funded and facilitated.&#8221; Grant delivered his remarks in a gym at the prison, which means New Jersey’s Department of Corrections executive staff from Trenton would have to approve it, she said.
“Custody staff members here had to enable inmate movement and supervise attendance. Some members of this facility’s administrative staff was present,” Hiatt said.
Grant is currently the CEO of Lady L&#8217;s LGBTQIA+ Services, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/la-nae-grant-jessop-76a557121/?trk=public_post_feed-actor-name" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to his LinkedIn. Before that, he worked for the city of East Orange, most recently as the director of the the city&#8217;s Child and Adult Care Food Program.
The women&#8217;s prison, New Jersey&#8217;s only correctional facility for women, is located near Clinton, New Jersey. Last year, Governor Phil Murphy appointed Grant to the women&#8217;s prison&#8217;s Board of Trustees.
Murphy&#8217;s office <a href="https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562022/20220216a.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> Grant &#8220;the first transgender woman&#8221; to serve on the board and said he is a &#8220;longtime activist for the rights of the transgender community, including transgender persons that are currently incarcerated.&#8221;
Grant “began transitioning into a woman” about a decade ago around age 28, he <a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2021/06/3-nj-people-of-the-lgbtq-community-share-their-stories-for-pride-month.html">told</a> New Jersey Advance Media in 2021. He took estrogen and has gotten genital surgery and “breast reconstructive surgery,” and before that, he identified as a gay man, he told the outlet.
In 2021, New Jersey prison officials <a href="https://newjerseymonitor.com/2023/05/08/shifting-policy-on-prison-placement-of-transgender-people-sparks-scrutiny/#:~:text=New%20Jersey%20prisons%20were%20held,they%20often%20endure%20behind%20bars." target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreed</a> to start placing trans-identifying males in the women&#8217;s prison. However, that policy was tweaked to consider safety and other factors after a male inmate at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility impregnated two women while behind bars.
Demetrius &#8220;Demi&#8221; Minor, who was 27 at the time, impregnated two of female inmates, news of which broke last year. He was <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/16/transgender-woman-demi-minor-impregnates-two-inmates-at-nj-prison/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved</a> to a youth correctional facility.
In 2020, Grant <a href="https://www.metroweekly.com/2020/01/new-jersey-governor-signs-bill-banning-use-of-gay-or-trans-panic-defense/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> on the governor signing a bill prohibiting the use of “gay or trans panic” defenses by people accused of homicide.
“We deserve to live with dignity and safety in our communities,” Grant said at the time. “Knowing that the ‘panic’ defense is banned in New Jersey is another victory and moment of empowerment for black trans women like myself, but there’s still more work to do for our community.”

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Trans-Identifying Male Gives Talk On ‘Women’s Empowerment’ at New Jersey Prison: Report

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