2020/06/10/J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues
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- when: 2020/06/10
- author: J.K. Rowling
- source: J.K. Rowling
- topics: Maya Forstater Magdalen Berns biological sex rapid onset gender dysphoria
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- link: https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/
- title: J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues
- summary: "For people who don’t know: last December I tweeted my support for Maya Forstater, a tax specialist who’d lost her job for what were deemed ‘transphobic’ tweets. She took her case to an employment tribunal, asking the judge to rule on whether a philosophical belief that sex is determined by biology is protected in law. Judge Tayler ruled that it wasn’t."