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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2024 23:05:20 JST Charlie Stross

   'Proud' JK Rowling donates £70k to transphobic legal battle to block equalities legislation for transgender people

   https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/proud-jk-rowling-donates-70k-32149025.amp

   (WARNING: Link goes to Daily Express)

   ... At this point she's about a year away from getting divorced and marrying Glinner, then going on X to rant about purity of bodily essence and the need for more Aryan babies.

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2024 23:05:19 JST feld

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     @cstross what exactly is so offensive about this statement?
     
     > "This is a crucial case for us all. Protection for those with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment will remain unchanged in the Equality Act, regardless of whether they have a GRC [gender recognition certificate] but for women to have full rights and protection it is important that 'sex' is clarified as referring to biology. Your help is invaluable and we appreciate all your efforts in fundraising and spreading the word."
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2024 23:23:35 JST feld

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     • Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫
     @petealexharris @cstross do you think maybe it was the rape?
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     Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫ (petealexharris@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2024 23:23:36 JST Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫

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     @cstross
     There's something so essentially missing from a person who gets rich from selling books to children and then decides some children are the Wrong Sort of children and shouldn't have rights.

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Feb-2024 01:16:18 JST feld

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     • P J Evans has moved to mas.to
     @PJ_Evans @cstross I just want to understand where we're at here: didn't we just spend years educating people that gender is a spectrum and that gender and sex are not the same thing? It seems like the goalposts are being moved and now people want sex and gender to legally mean the same thing
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     P J Evans has moved to mas.to (pj_evans@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Feb-2024 01:16:19 JST P J Evans has moved to mas.to

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     • feld

     @feld @cstross
     It says nothing about those who haven't yet transitioned, but want to.