Clarification on Scotland's Gender Recognition Act/Self-Identification by Veronica in GenderCritical

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They won't even need a diagnosis of gender dhysporia to get a GRC? That would be insane as hell (I'm still unsure if 'medical evidence" only refers to surgery/hormone treatments or to the diagnosis of dhysporia as well)

How the Transgender Movement Affected Me as a Preteen by SillyGoose in GenderCritical

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I went through a similar experience: I've always been a tomboy while growing up and puberty was a shock for me. (Now I can recognize that the disgust I felt for my body was due to moralism, internalized misogyny and the fact that puberty can be challenging to anyone) When I was 14 I told my best friend that I was accepting of trans people and, even if I wasn't trans myself, having breasts was making me feel uncomfortable and I didn't want them. (I also looked for binders online) At that time I didn't know much about the concept of gender identity/disphorya and I thought that the only way to be trans was to undergo all kinds of treatments and surgeries to completely modify the body. I didn't want this for myself but, If I had know about the existence of puberty blockers and if I had been exposed to a certain kind of gender ideology, I am 100% sure that I would have started identifying as "masculine non-binary" or some other shit and I would have wanted to try blockers to stop periods and the developing of my breasts. Needless to say, after a few months I underwent a deep internal change of my beliefs/personality/philosophy of life. I completely stopped feeling repulsed by my body and its functions and I became 100% confident about it. It's a relief to know that other girls went though a similar experience because it makes me feel less alone and I can recognize that we've been very lucky to escape certain consequences. But at the same time it's freaking scary. That's what makes me feel so empathetic towards detransitioners and I'm happy that JK Rowling is talking about it: the detransitioners stories she's been sharing made me literally cry and think "Me too, sister, I've felt the same way too".

JK Rowling just spoke again. She's fighting back by Lilith_Fair in GenderCritical

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I'd just like to point out that, except for Dumbledore, no character in the Harry Potter franchise was said to be gay by JK Rowling. Not a single one. It's the fandom that is obsessed with writing fan fiction where every character is suddenly gay/lesbian/bi/pansexual/trans/genderfluid. (There is a blog on Tumblr dedicated to the theory that Snape is actually a transwoman, check it out if you want to laugh.) Speaking of Anthony Goldstein, he's part of a list of characters that Rowling wrote back in the nineties before she started writing The Philosopher Stone and his surname is Jewish. So she's been knowing that Anthony Goldstein was Jewish for two decades before speaking about it on Twitter. (Just because someone asked her if there was some Jewish wizard at Hogwarts, not because she was trying to make a statement)