Harry Potter author JK Rowling doesn’t know when to quit. For the second time since December, fans have noticed the author liking transphobic tweets on Twitter.
Related: EXCLUSIVE: Jake Graf calls JK Rowling’s anti-trans comments “cruel and irresponsible”
The most recent incident happened in regards to a tweet about Alex Drummond, a transgender psychotherapist. Drummond has promoted both her transgender identity and her genderqueerness; though she identifies as female, she also wears a beard. Gay activist Fred Sargeant tweeted criticism of Drummond, and Rowling liked the tweet.
This is Alex Drummond, an adult human male who claims to be a lesbian (yes, he's kept his dangling bits & has skipped the hormones) and believes that real lesbians who aren't into penises are transphobic and should be excluded from the lesbian community. Yeah, this guy. pic.twitter.com/g5ufafzHUk
— Fred Sargeant (@FredSargeant) May 15, 2020
“This is Alex Drummond, an adult human male who claims to be a lesbian (yes, he’s kept his dangling bits & has skipped the hormones) and believes that real lesbians who aren’t into penises are transphobic and should be excluded from the lesbian community. Yeah, this guy,” Sargeant wrote. He also later tweeted that Rowling liked the tweet.
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This one got a Like from @jk_rowling today. After my thousand or so re-Likes of her tweet, seems fair. pic.twitter.com/OiZ1ww6YlZ
— Fred Sargeant (@FredSargeant) May 15, 2020
Naturally, supporters of trans rights who also love Rowling’s work tweeted their disappointment. “Woke up and read that @jk_rowling isn’t even attempting to hide her anti-trans views anymore. Can’t believe a person who has “championed” tolerance is actually a bigot. Sad,” said user Layton Bell.
“Like JK Rowling imagined up an entire wizarding world but can’t fathom that trans people exist? try harder please,” tweeted user Lydia.
This isn’t the first time Rowling has come under fire for perceived transphobia. In December, she tweeted support for a woman fired from her job over transphobic views. Her comments invited widespread backlash, including from transgender activist Jake Graf, who shared his thoughts exclusively with Queerty.
mr guy
fred was already a hero for the sexuality rights movement…and now for plain common sense too; jk also
Catholicslutbox
Both guys seem like they’re trolling people. Iirc, trans women don’t want their dangly bits and want boobs. I don’t buy that he’s trans. He’s more of a hetero-cross-dresser. If he is legit trans, apologizes, but it doesn’t seem like it.
succubus
he’s a GD fraud!!!
Chrisk
So if I just put some eyeliner on I too can claim to be a lesbian. I’m sure the actual lesbians will have no issue at all with you using the women’s bathroom looking like the lumberjack you are.
I’ll bet Alex is working with some right wing organization.
Cam
The interview I just read with “Alex Drummond” does’t have her identifying as a lesbian anywhere. She continually says she’s trans.
So the tweet from the guy seems to be a lie. She doesn’t claim to be lesbian from anything I’ve seen, and if he has to lie to make a point, that seems to make the point suspect to me.
Chrisk
Alex is biologically a man who identifies as a women who’s attracted to women. He/she still likes the masculine side of being a man though.
Sounds more like a cross dresser then an actual Trans.
jayceecook
https ://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/this-transgender-woman-has-a-full-beard-and-she-couldnt-be-h
succubus
shut up fool…where’s your diseased sister PWWO?
Cam
@succubus
Awww, the right wing troll account that always defends Republican anti-LGBT bigots has switched back to this screename to lash out at me, because apparently it’s obsessed.
Sorry Putin or the RNC doesn’t pay you enough to have other interests.
Dymension
So, they are criticizing her for being transphobic? Because someone is calling out the fact that Alex Drummond is anti-lesbian? This world never ceases to amaze me!
jayceecook
Actually A.D. isn’t being anti-lesbian per se. I think the dude who tweeted that remake is purposely trying to twist a valid point made by many trans women concerning some lesbians and feminists known as TERFS. These people, particularly the lesbians, don’t support trans people, deny their existence, discriminate against them, and all around attack them as “taking” resources away from “real” women.
What a lot of people don’t realize is that many trans people don’t fully transition or even experience body dysmorphia. The latter which is a clinical mental illness involving obsessive focus on a perceived flaw(s) in appearance. It is characterized by extreme distress and discomfort of the current state of the body. Some trans people do have this, as well as people with eating disorders for example, but other trans folk are just aware that their perceived gender and sex don’t align with their body.
Also, many trans people don’t go through multiple surgeries, hormone replacement therapy, or have various cosmetic treatments performed for a number of reasons. The two biggest I would say are money and health risks. Sex alignment surgeries are extremely expensive, time consuming, and generally require the person to have a support system in place to take care of them during recovery. That is just not a reality for a lot of trans people. Alongside that are the numerous health risks those surgeries and treatments pose. For some, hormones are not advisable if a person has an preexisting condition or they simply may not respond well to the side effects.
All of which means that these trans people have either partially transitioned or not at all. Which is where the crux of the issue lies. For some lesbians, feminists, and other folk those who have not had a full transition are deemed “not trans”. And as I mentioned earlier some even consider all trans people as “invalid” or playing dress up. Their very identity is denied.
So just like a lot of the men who comment here on Q about trans men, trans women aren’t “real” women to these people. Not only that but they are a threat to “real” women and lesbians.
One thing I do take issue with is the argument that all lesbians must consider or even actually date trans lesbians or they somehow loose their lesbianism. That actually applies to every sexual oriented person. I honstely understand that some people are never going to be attracted to trans individuals. No amount of education or transplaining is going to change that.
Just like you can’t force gym rats who only date other gym rats to date out of shape or overweight people. Or yes I’m going to say it, people who don’t date outside their own race. You also can’t force people to date somebody who doesn’t align with their political beliefs or religious identities. I mean, imagine telling a Jewish person they are discriminatory because they won’t date an antisemitic individual. It’s preposterous. It’s more than about a person’s preferences. You simply cannot make people date, phuck, and marry people they are never going to be physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually attracted to. Yes you can look at and debate about the whys of it and call out prejudices where they are warranted but you can’t force them to do what the collective “you” deems appropriate.
Therefore on the one hand it is wrong to deny and discriminate against trans folks because you don’t see their identity as valid but it is also wrong to force people to do something that they will never accept. Which honestly is a good thing in a way. I’d rather know upfront if there is something fundamental about my nature that you find appalling and will never accept. Weed them out and use that time to engage with others who are more accepting and open.
I support people openly saying things like no fats, femmes, [insert race], HIV positive, drag queens, tops/bottoms, bisexual or fluids, trans, ex cetera, ex cetera. I want that list upfront because it will save time. Nothing good about people being shamed into acting like they are open to all people only to learn they actually aren’t. Time is precious. We don’t need to waste it on folks who don’t deserve it.
UlfRaynor
Another of my comments sent to moderation limbo by Queerty, how homophobic and anti-gay this site has become.
Rock-N-RollHS
@jayceecook Lol. Is anyway actually reading you? It’s like some blur of typed letters!
jayceecook
@Rock-N-RollHS I don’t know. Why don’t you ask “anyway” if they are reading my blur of words? You can also kindly phuck off.
elijah snow
And that, my friend, is honesty, not PC bullcrap.
Troysky
….head is spinning trying to understand Drummond’s ..intent, I guess?…. & Rowling “liking” this has CERTAINLY SET THE WORLD OFF ITS AXIS.
ScottOnEarth
Wow. This is confusing. How about people just live and let live?!
Kangol2
Here’s how a transman broke it down to me, and this applies to trans people, not nonbinary/agender, etc.
Male to Female Transwoman who likes Women = Queer/Lesbian Transwoman
Male to Female Transwoman who likes Men = Queer/Straight Transwoman
Male to Female Transwoman who likes Women/Men = Queer/Bi Transwoman
Female to Male Transman who likes Women = Queer/Straight Transman
Female to Male Transman who likes Men = Queer/Gay Transman
Female to Male Transman who likes Women/Men = Queer/Bi Transman
SO: Under this rubric and logic, Alex Drummond, as a transwoman who likes and is attracted to women, would be queer/lesbian. She is a transwoman who likes women, so she is lesbian. It’s not so hard to understand, even if you have strong anti-trans feelings.
iminheatlikeacat
Which is all redundant if you don’t believe people can change sex. Which a lot of people don’t.
Chrisk
Caitlyn Jenner might fit this criteria but not Gisley Adams here.
Rock-N-RollHS
Cool! Something I can ignore completely!
judysdad
I wish the freaks like Drummond would just go away.
succubus
amen daddy…amen
sfhairy
No one cares. No one.
succubus
i only care if they can procreate
nitejonboy
People like Drummond make it harder for me to keep supporting this cause..I am trying but every damn day there’s another one who gives us a bad name and a black eye and I just want to throw in the towel. Why can’t there just be gay, bi, Les, Trans,Ques, why does it have to so GD complicated ?? And we wonder why they hate us ? We make it so easy for them.
Kangol2
Why are you siding with people who are full of hate? No one person “make[s] it so easy” for someone to hate an entire group of people! What kind of self-hating, dangerous, victim-blaming reasoning is that? Should everyone across the globe hate ALL Americans because of our deranged, treasonous, incompetent, lying President? I mean, a majority of Americans, both those who voted and those who did or could not, did NOT vote to put that creep into office. A majority of Americans have never supported him, but should all Americans be trashed, attacked, etc. because of this dangerous monster? Please stop pushing right-wing rhetoric that says that what one person is or does is excuse for hating and abusing entire groups of people. Let this Drummond person live her life and please live yours.
tallskin2
jayceecook – thanks for your tedious essay. Yawn
but having quickly scanned it, rather than being bothered to read it all, I’ve noticed in your propaganda rant against lesbians, gays and bisexuals you forget to mention that most tranzies are in fact straight blokes with a gigantic w@nk fantasy which takes them over, called autogyniphilia.
Autogynephilia is defined as a male’s propensity to be sexually aroused by the thought of himself as a female. It is the paraphilia that is theorized to underlie transvestism and some forms of male-to-female (MtF) transsexualism.
Wolfie
Good for Fred Sargent
tallskin2
“As a licensed Professional Counselor of nearly 30 years experience, who worked extensively with Survivors of sexual abuse and troubled teens in residential treatment (labeled Severely Emotionally Disturbed), what is my concern with the Trans Movement?
Simply that it is massive lie, a contrived and fraudulent agenda-driven Movement, an incredibly nefarious deception… being pushed by nefarious “special interests” (namely select greedy doctors, biomedical companies, big pharma, select drug makers, social engineers, and Sexual Predators) which is predicated upon a man-made psychological myth… being strategically marketed by means of the techniques borrowed by some of the most sophisticated of cults (such as Scientology and NXIVM)… being promoted via the deception of “gender fluidity,” which is preying upon confused and vulnerable kids… leaving them physically, emotionally, and psychologically scarred. That is why I assert it is better called the Trans Deception.”
jayceecook
@tallskin2 “A professional counselor…” Hahaha haha
You mean somebody who is (possibly) one step above Dear Abby, does not have the same degree of advanced training or licensure to operate as a psychologist, and lack the in-depth understanding provided by clinical research found in therapy and Psychology. Gotcha.
Quit trolling queer websites Alex Jones and stick to your food obsessed conspiracy theories. Aren’t there some pizzerias and yoghurt companies you need to attend to?
sfhally
He’s claimed to be a lesbian. So Fred isn’t lying–unlike the creepo in the picture.
He’s basically a straight transvestite who gets off on the attention he creates by saying that even though he’s keeping the outward aspects of being male–the beard; the genitals–he’s really a woman because he “feels” like one.
And the dipshits at StonewallUk sent him into schools to tell kids “This is one way of being a lesbian”.
Lesbians, of course, are asking “What the hell does that mean”?
Chrisk
I can’t imagine one lesbian looking at Grisly Adams here and saying.. Yep. She’s one of us. Lol
sfhally
The writer of this crap should be ashamed.
Apparently, they got a notice to increase their clicks at any cost of reality.