So J.K. Rowling Is Apparently Transphobic? (Discussion) 

"When you are someone with the visibility and platform of Rowling, saying nothing while subtlely supporting certain groups, sadly says everything for you."

watching the end of this video in 2023 is so sad, i wish we could go back in time, figure out how she came to these stupid conclusions about trans people, and help her not to be a terf. i wish i could still read my childhood favorite books without the knowledge that their creator would probably hate me for something i can do nothing about

This was painful to listen to. It makes me upset. So many of my favorite creators are unsupportive in some way and it spoils my feelings for what they make. Harry Potter was a big part of my childhood and helped me escape while growing up. So disappointing.

Coming back here just to see where this all started and how you were discussing it back in the day. Rowling sure does hold her phone wrong a lot these days, huh. I'd argue her phone holding has gotten way worse. I wonder what way you have to hold a phone in order to accidentally Tweet that people should burn their pet dogs if they don't like Harry Potter video games (maybe I shouldn't joke, but it's easier just to laugh at this point rather than cry). It's so sad that her and her fans just want to portray her enemies as only cruel destroyers when I see things this compassionate were among the first responses.

I find that a lot of people across all artistic genres are daily confronted with the conflict between artist and the art they create. Not long ago one the frontman of one of my favourite bands had a blowout because some things came to light. Namely his harassment and foul treatment of an ex-partner in the wake of their tumultuous breakup. Now, I can understand that situation and generally reserve some judgment because I think we have all been there, regardless of gender. We all have that one crap way we acted. But when it was exposed, his response was such a disgusting dismissal that it became clear that supporting him couldn't continue. A number of artists (including a close friend) pulled as supporting acts from the band's tour, expressing their disgust. It broke my heart, but I had to do the same. I stopped listening to their music. This is a band that made music that kept me alive at some of my lowest moments. And now I had to reflect and decide how I could proceed - what was more important to me? My sentimentality or my values? I imagine that, in discussing JK Rowling, many are having similar feelings. IMHO I think that it really does come down to sentiment v values. Can you reconcile supporting the art of an artist who opposes your values? Can you support the art of a person who refuses to acknowledge you? In life I've had to make personal choices like that often. I've had to choose against friends who espoused visceral hate for everything that I am. (One such person I hadn't seen in a year, and when we reunited had become a neo-nazi. I'm a queer man. That hurt a hell of a lot.) I have had to do the same even within the small queer community I was able to find. The biphobic slurs and behaviours were soul destroying. Today, I know I'm queer. Back then I was still wondering whether I was gay, straight, bi or something else. Those experiences are worn like scars today. I'm not proud of them, they remind me of a lot of pain. And maybe I'll never really be able to grasp my whole identity. But I do know today that I can't identify as anything other than queer - because I either don't know how to express it or because expressing it binary terms feels like a noose. Ours is a life of heartbreaks that we need to reconcile with and find ways to navigate. I wish it weren't the case, but it is. I'm not trans, but I can empathise with those struggles. I can see my own struggles reflected back at me - in my search for meaning, in my journey to defining my masculinity on my own terms, in my search for truth in my sexuality. In my identity as an individual, not a chameleon desperately trying to blend in with all of his surroundings. TERFS are the great irony of left politics in isolation. That is that left-wing politics have metastasised into reactionary bigotry. But that is not radical feminism. Radical feminism continued on - from it we have intersectionality. Moreover, radical feminism lived and permeated through queer politics. From the moment the Mattachines turned against their 'homophile' roots, from Stonewall to the GLF and onward. Our movements and women's movements have survived and sung "the personal is political." Queer politics have always represented the oppressed - we have always protected and enshrined the rights of women, workers, ethnic minorities and more. Sometimes this community forgets those things. Whether it's JK Rowling's baiting, or Dan Savage's charismatic dismissal of trans and nonbinary people. Either way, I'll stop that rant with a quote, "We believe that it takes a strong back and a soft front to face the world." I appreciate your channel a lot, Jessie. My youtube feed is full of reactionary men who recoil in horror any time left wing politics are manifested in games, television and film. RU-vid is insistent on barraging me with these foul people who don't speak to who I am at all. I love your videos about Star Trek, because they don't pretend that the series is not grounded in difference, hope and a better world. I've always thought that communities based around consumer goods are generally vacuous. But seeing your channel reminds me that these conversations happen across all platforms. This is my first comment on one of your videos, I think. Goddamn it was long.

Late to this issue: thanks for sharing. Those of us on the outside can only grow by listening, and I care what effects you and what I can do to make your struggle better.

I appreciate the stress you put yourself under to make this video, it's a topic that clearly hits close to home for you and I'm in awe of your hope and positivity

is the tweet of Ron being trans real? I’m trying to figure it out

I've been saying for a while that Harry Potter should be taken away from J.K. Rowling. She doesn't deserve it anymore. Now, I've definitely lost any respect I ever had for her. This is disgusting and I'm SO upset. You'd think that someone who had been treated like a gender they didn't identify as growing up would be even vaguely able to understand what's it like to be trans and/or sympathize. Harry Potter doesn't belong to Jo anymore. It's ours now. ⚡⚧ LLAP 🖖

Thank you for yours videos, count on a new subscriber. I hope my kids get to see your videos when they're older.

You still have the stories she wrote, she can't take away the things you found in those stories. You have the love of a fan from far away. I hope things will be better for you in the future.

I thought I could make it through this, but I can't. But thanx for doing it.

Hey so if you're looking for a non-Jarry Potter thing to keep your mind off shit in the middle of the night, can I recommend the Sleep with Me podcast? There are also other sleep ramble podcast, but I like this one. He mumbles barely coherent stories and it really makes me sleepy trying to make sense of them. Really enjoyed the video

What a powerful, heart felt video. I'm sorry she let you down.

I think youre very strong for speaking up and making this video! Im extremly proud of you,it is hard to consider someone you looked up to as a bad person.

Ironically, “People without XX chromosomes can‘t be women” does sound a lot like “Mudblouds can‘t wizards”

5:18 I will take that if she hit likes button to only one or two tweets abt transphobic but she is not liking one or two tweets.

Thanks for discussing this, Jessie.

You should check out the Dresden Files. It's about a wizard named Harry.

I only recently discovered your channel. I hope that you are doing better. It appears so from more recent content. The realm of fantasy is filled with examples of gender non-conforming sentient beings and transbeings. I hope that Rowling has evolved in her understanding of trans issues and how her silence can speak as loudly as words. To be fair, and to my own personal shame, I truly did not understand trans issues and suspect that had social media been more prolific in my youth, one would find transphobic "jokes" or memes on my page. You would think that a mixed race, atheist, queer left-handed person like myself would have been more understanding and accepting in my teen and college years, but I wasn't. I am proud to say that I have learned a lot and continue to learn more about trans issues and do my best to apply compassion and consideration in my social interactions. I never know if the person with whom I am speaking may be a trans person who is still in the closet. Hopefully, Rowling can make the same transition. She is only about 10 years older than I am, so I don't think her age is an excuse.

Seeing this is 2024... just. Makes me wanna cry. Oh Jessie, how little we knew

This is the second video of yours that I watch and I'm very inspired by your thoughtful commentary and your passion. You've gotten a new suscriber. Much love to you!

I hate it whenever famous idols people have looked up to are revealed to be huge jerks. My heart goes out to the trans community who are belittled and harassed for wanting to be who they are

This is by far the most comprehensive and balanced discussion about JK. Thank you for such great content!!

This is great, you just got a new sub, I'm off to watch the video on queerbating in fantastic beasts. Keep up the good work :) p.s.: I laughed my ass off each time you said how much of a potterhead you are while wearing a fucking time turner necklace. We get it, HP is your jam.

I think part of the reason this is such a big problem in the UK is that a lot of people who grew up with Germane Greer and Julie Bindle as feminist icons are struggling to put their opinions about trans people in a proper context. For decades Greer and to a lesser extent Bindle etc. were the authority on gender and sexuality in certain circles in the UK.

sending love in light of all the recent developments ♥. the community is here for you ♥

Love you and your channel. I'm very active in the LGBTQIA community. Oh and I had a cat called Minerva. I know what it's like to go through tough times... I am going through some very hard times myself. Much love.

My comment may seem pretty violent and I am sorry cause you seem like a smart nice person and I really don't want to hurt you, but I think there is just a lot of elements that us (feminists) cannot always understand.. Like everytime I try to find informations about how and why ppl decide to change of gender (not necessarily surgery, but civil status and everything) what I hear in the testimonies sometimes really confuses me.. Like trangender women basically saying "when I was younger, I was playing with dolls and I loved pink, unlike the others boys etc" which in my mind really tends to associate feminity with pink, dolls and all of the clichés we have learnt very hard to fight (I heard similar testimonies for trangender men saying they hated wearing dresses, pink, etc) In my mind (again I am sorry if it is painful for you to read), it feels like there is this binarity imposed by a patriarchal society, hetero centered that says "all right girl if you like cars you are a boy" "all right boy if you like dresses, make up and pink you obviously are a girl", wtf? To me a man wearing dresses or make up or heels is not less of a man or anything, that's why if I come across one person who seems to be a man wearing a dress, I am not gonna call them "she", because what if it is just a man that loves to wear dress? Why should I lock him into the idea that you have to be what is expected from your gender or change it ? I also heard about ppl identifying to a gender without showing any sterotypical trait of this gender but I could never find any testimony (if you have one, I'd love to hear it) but do you understand why it is confusing when you have been feminist for years ? Also, gender social construct, different for boys and girls throughout education is something that has been studied by feminists for years, and it is hard to imagine that a child who had been educated as a boy could lose everything they got from this education, same for trangender men who were educated as girls. Eventhough the child may have already not feel part of the gender society gave him, obviously the way ppl talked to him/her had an impact on its development in the longterm. And we know how boys are raised to be dominant, competitive, to monipolize the space, to be the center of the attention, etc etc when girls are raised to be passive, sensitive, quiet, supportive, discreets.. I don't have the official stats but I am pretty sure that if you compare the rate of violence of cis-men VS transgender men you realize that transgender men are probably calmier and less violent not because they are not men, but because they weren't raised as ones, and this counts. Same thing applies to transgender women (to my opinion), who were, at the end of the day, raised like boys All of what I said do not deny the additional discrimination and suffering caused by the very fact of being trangender, I am only trying here to explain why some feminists are confused about transgenderism, though we are not always as radical as "terf", we are just looking for answers and precisions (Sorry about my english, I am french)

Wishing you peace of mind and all the self care and acceptance in your roughest times. I'm so sorry this has come to pass.

Hey Jessie! I just watched your video about JK Rowling transgender controversy. I’d like to thank you for your video. I felt represented by your words. Also I’d like to say that I stand with you! You are amazing! Don’t let anyone tell you’re not worthy! Stay strong! You’re not alone!

My heart hurts for all my trans sisters and brothers who found a home in Rowling's world, a world of seemingly endless boundaries, only to find the one boundary that has held them back their entire lives is alive and well in the Potter World.

hiya, I am a trans drag performer and I'm working on a mix to do an act to about JK Rowling and how I feel pretty much the same way you've expressed here. Would you mind if I took some soundbites from this video and used it in my performance?

The thing that kinda gets to me is that if Jk Rowling is transphobic then on some level, the harry potter universe must also be transphobic as the universe is an extension of the author too.

You are so strong! Thank you for sharing!

Harry Potter And The Feelings Of Betrayal

@7:20-@7:45 THIS. I agree authors should definitely speak up if they or their works show any prejudice. A good example is with children's author Liz Kessler (she wrote the "Emily Windsnap" books). I Tweeted once about anti-Hispanic bias in the "Emily Windsnap" fandom ( twitter.com/lizkesslerbooks/status/1269172273115693057 ), she responded saying she agreed with me! Like with Rowling I expected she'd stay silent to avoid controversy. Imagine my surprise at her immediate response. As a Hispanic fan of her books, her public support meant so much to me :D More authors should follow Liz Kessler's example! And not be like JK Rowling,

Live your truth, Jessie. Always.

Oh, sweetheart, I could feel your heartbreak through all the video. Harry Potter has never beem a big part of me, but it has been such an important part of the lifes of so many I hold dear, when I first heard this controversy i was both disgusted and saddened. As i cis lesbian, i never understood why so many so-called "feminists" hate so much on trans women. Its just extremely hypocritical of them to whine about oppression while making innocent women miserable :(

I have the same T-shirt.😂😄

I know this is a very old video at this point, and I may have already commented on a letter one, but your point about her lack of response (at that time) stuck me as pertinent. In court Americans can plead the fifth amendment. That by answering a question they will incriminate themselves, and while ROWLING isn’t in court, or american, she has grown up in the culture of “no comment” with regards to embarrassing press inquiries. Politicians do this all the time in the UK. Instead of admitting fault they just avoid the question. Plausible deniability I believe is the expression, if she hasn’t said out loud “yes i am a terf” then she can be one privately and still pretend she isn’t publicly. That’s Slytherin level duplicity. What has transpired since has made it clear her publicist was trying damage limitation by keeping her views private. But by engaging terfs via a public platform, that was just so transparently misleading. I baulk at calling her a transphobe as suspect at some point she may sincerely have had an open mind on the topic. But her actions are transphobic and that is inexcusable for an lgbtq+ ally.

my fav thing to do when a writer/artist/director/musician/actor has said or done something i disagree with, i cope with that by furiously reading or writing fanfic on that specific issue to spite them. maybe it isn't very productive, but it helps me let go of that anger, and do a brutal death of the author. (also helps me to stop spreading misinformation, in the cases where the allegation isn't true or it's an old bad thing they've already apologized for. in jkr's case that's prolly not the case, but it still helps me manage my anger).

Can we please just cry on each others shoulders? I felt so alone in the pain of this, I feel like a part of me died, but my other close hp friends just shrug it off while I'm just devastated. I feel sick for loving a series that was so close to my heart. I feel so alone.

Thank you Jes for this

Thanks, Jessie.

Hope you feel better. I care.

Very well said 🖤 you’re friendly friend, Slytherin, stans with you.

Who's jk Rowling?

I feel you. I'm very sorry for what you're going through. Please don't take the following comment as a dismissal of your pain. That said, I feel the need to ask, why do we find the need to put people on pedestals and demand perfection from people we have never met and don't personally know, but for a small aspect of their work? Would it not be possible to be completely in love with the Harry Potter universe and not know (or care) who Rowling even was? What if we find out years from now that Alija Wood did something disagreeable? Or Patrick Stewart? I mean, complete political agreement is a requisite for fandom of a work / product , then shouldn't we be demanding that authors justify their political positions BEFORE we buy their books or watch their movies?

Terfs more like.... turds... Idk

I hope you read this comment. As a straight white male that sees you as a precious, valuable and beautiful human being, don't take J.K. Rolling's silence on tran's rights personally. Again, as a straight white male, I love the works of H.P. Lovecraft and William S. Burroughs even thought there are "problematic" issues with their art. It's fair to criticize the art of artists we hold dear but it doesn't diminish what they've accomplished. It's difficult for me to reconcile William Burroughs' life and who he was as a person with Naked Lunch, Junkie and Wild Boys but he's still the greatest author of the 20th century in my opinion. Just know that you, personally, are loved beyond measure.

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This is so painful to listen to; I'm so saddened to face this. I second your plea to Rowling. I hope she listens. Hugs to you, my fellow wizards.

Honestly I thought she was better than this. To know that an writer, whose work I grew up with, whose work helped me find a place where I belong, is so heart breaking. I honestly want to cry right now, smh 🤦‍♂️

don't know if you'll every see this as I am 4 months late to this party... I hate that you even had to make this video, everyone should have the right to live their lives as they choose. And I especially hate that you are being discriminated on by people who have experienced discrimination themselves and who should know better! I hope things have gotten better for you in the 4 months since this Video was made Wishing you all the best!

Your emotions hit me and I understand you so much. I love the Harry Potter world and it was my only escape as a kid. I can't give up Harry Potter. But I wont support anything else she puts out it this becomes a worse situation.

I can totally relate listening to something to go to sleep to drown out thoughts! I do hope that she doesn't know these things, or that she's learning and will soon come to the conclusion that trans people are people and terfs are rotten. You said this wonderfully

I'm a cis straight woman, but I try my best to be an ally and advocate. I've been feeling so torn and heartbroken over the past few days for exactly the same reasons you talk about here. It's painful to think one of our idols is made of mud. I wish she would just say once and for all what her stance is. So many of us have wrapped our lives up in the things we love - such as the Harry Potter stories - and use them to get through hard times. But we also want to see the the people we love treated with fairness and respect. To think someone like JK Rowling, whom I've admired so much for so many years, would do or say something to hurt one of my Trans friends or family members breaks me up. I can't wrap my head around how she can advocate for equal treatment of all but then turn around and like cruel, hateful tweets or follow those who would post them. This is why I wish she would come out with an explanation. I dread that it might be the one we don't want to hear or that it might sound so false we won't be able to deny her true feelings anymore. But not knowing one way or the other about what she really thinks is so frustrating and confusing. I want to believe it's just that she's curious (as an author should be) about how different people think and act. But I worry that that's not all it is.

Does JK Rowling even exist or is she just a figurehead

Idk if she understands the effect of the matter had on the transgender community but the fact still stands that she defended someone who was fired for being mean to a co-worker. Kinda scary when she is that rich and famous. Imagine what the victim must have felt when she saw that :( Also feel so bad for her transgender fans, even for me this sucks... :/ She should think before she writes.

Confirmed.

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Personally, I am surprised that J.K. hasn't tweeted "Dost thou bleed?"

I subscribed to your channel to see a, to me, completely strange (alien, not weird) set of viewpoints and therefore form new points of view myself and I was not disappointed. But as a person completely unaware why JK Rowling can be regarded as transphobic person, you should explain more in the beginning of your video.

Hi Jessie, loved your video on women. I think you may have the wrong idea about Rowling, because of my own personal experiences. From what I can see the extent of evidence against Rowling is that she once liked a transphobic article on twitter (which she later said was a mistake), and that she has followed people on twitter who predominantly comment on feminism, but have also said transphobic things. I don’t think this is enough to suggest Rowling is transphobic for three reasons. 1. I used to follow a feminist organisation that I really respected. (I’m still a massive feminist). Years after I started following them they started saying transphobic things. BUT there was a long gap between them being transphobic and my realising it. That’s because the majority of what they wrote had nothing to do with trans issues. I read their material for a long time before I came across is because they wrote about it quite rarely. I don’t mean to excuse the transphobic things they have said at all, merely to point out that a person may follow them without knowing about it, if it’s not the main thing that person writes about. 2. Rowling has barely been on social media at all. If you look at her twitter page, she has posted nothing but an ad for the Cursed Child since mid March, 2 or 3 things that month (mostly Rugby results) and pretty much nothing else since mid Jan. She hasn’t even liked anything. It looks like she hasn’t been on twitter at all. So anything people she follows have said while she’s not been on there may not be a reflection of her views. There’s not much evidence she’s even seen it 3. Her silence can’t be taken as an opinion when she is being silent about everything. The Brexit crisis has intensified, I know she despises the current PM, yet there are no comments from her. She’s clearly not discussing any social / political issues at this time If I’m getting the wrong end of the stick I’m sorry, but I think there is not much evidence of any opinion Rowling has on trans issues, certainly not enough to believe she is for or against trans rights

i also like harry potter world but i don't usually associate JK every time i watch it, now i would think story was a collective good of human conscience sometime written by JK Rowling (but that good is now absent in her)

JK Rowling was canceled for me as soon as she went after Jeremy Corbyn. She's extra canceled now. :P

I strongly disagree with your conclusions, but just as strongly agree with most of your views in general. To me a transsexual is the gender he/she has always been on the inside. Not a poor copy of one - the real thing. Uncapable of having children after an operation - but the ability to have children do not define someone's gender. I see - in general - no areas in society where a transsexual should be threated any differently than the gender he/she identifies with. BUT, and I bet you could see that BUT coming, there are aspects of the situation of having been a different gender that has to be taken into account at times. I can't imagine a more shameful part of the gay community than TERF. The only thing that comes close must be gays actively fighting against the right for gays to get married, with the argument that they do not want the gay community to create a blueprint of the straight community, but instead create their own. Not understanding that it's not about marriage at all, but the principles of choice - and that all people should have the same rights and obligations. That being said the article JK Rowling liked seemed to have been - and arrest me if I'm mistaken - the one issue of being honest with your past. I must agree with that, even though I understand how hard that is. The feelings around gender, when it comes to sexual desires, are crazy strong. And so, the shock you get when learning you are having sex with a former man or woman, is extremely uncomfortable for some. I do feel that no one has the right to make people feel that way, and so I STRONGLY disagree with you branding JK Rowling as transphobic for that reason. You do not OWN this ethical dilemma because you are a trans person. Because the one you have sex with in this case is NOT. He/she owns part of the answer to this dilemma whether you like it or not. There are also other issues where trans people need to back down and open up to see the whole picture. Beauty pageants are not the most important activity of this world, but it has been a debate lately. I am myself FOR letting transwomen participate in a pageant at the same level as a woman who is born as a physical female. BUT (yeah here we go again) - IF the pageant demands that no contestants have undergone plastic surgery, you can not enter a trans person who have operated on her face. It gives her an unfair advantage. Not all trans people has the need for this though. Depends how early you started the transition - I guess. It's not a politically correct thing to say, but again - you do not own the answer to this. Everything JK Rowling has publicly stood for demonstrate a good heart and an open mind. There is NO way she is anti-trans. She just doesn't agree with you on this issue (if your claim is right). I'm sure you'll find many trans people who agree with her. NO single member of a group - whether it be trans or gay has the right to publicly claim to speak for the rest of the group. Ironically we are a very heterogenic group of people. Hugs from Thomas / Gay dude from Norway

As someone who has a trans sister. We grew up loving and caring so much about Harry Potter. I stand with you. If jk won't accept the trans community then she's against my sister and that means so many hearts have been broken. The person who wrote "While we may come from different places and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one." That line spoke to me so much and now it means nothing. And she clearly doesn't believe her own words. My heart is broken.

Hmmmm this is how I try to make sense of it all ... the fact that she was able to write this amazing series about standing up for marginalized people and teaching that love and justice are the most important things ... and her transphobia ... those two things are opposites in my opinion. But, I think of it as her writing Harry Potter was her accessing a deep wisdom inside of her and putting it down in the form of a book. So, maybe there were little clues in the books that she didn’t even realize or intend at the time. Not that she had no part in creating it and just copied words without understanding, but that her inspiration was something so much bigger than her. Humans are not perfect and I hope that one day she can learn. I think a lot of transphobia towards trans women is based on the deep belief that any person who has body parts that are seen as male is by nature a sexual predator. Ie. that any man (I am not saying that trans women are men but am trying to see this from the perspective of the hater) is capable of rape at any given time and cannot be trusted, just do to the fact that they have a penis and higher testosterone levels. So, this is very wrong thinking and not feminism. Predators are aware of what they are doing and not all men are capable of rape, no matter how convenient it would seem. Rapists are sociopaths and manipulative and hate women and this does not describe all men. They get pleasure from harming others and a lot of ppl don’t understand this and just think it’s bc they are men and they can’t help it. Anyway, I think that this transphobia towards trans women stems from a deep fear of men and misunderstanding of rape culture. Trans women = women, not men.

A Potter head AND a Trekkie!! :D

I know things will say to out for you, whatever you are going through. I always thought Harry Potter was a rip off of LOTR so I didn’t really respect her that much. Knowing this, I respect her less. If this is all true.... I don’t know, and it’s best not to care.

That was beautifully said.

J.K.is entitled to her opinion. I'm a Gay Man, all I can give the Trans community is tolerance. I don't see a 3rd gender. What ever happen to the days were all that was important was being treated fairly. Now your are being forced to except what you don't believe in and can lose your job. Thankfully being treated fairly has served me well for over 40 years. That must be so sad to live your life not knowing what or who you are. Were is your identity? Good Luck to the trans community.

Rowling has, as the years progress, shown how ignorant and small minded she really is. She is gay and transphobic, nationalistic, far right, and every bit a product of the far right. The best you can hope to do in light of those realizations is to separate the author from the work. I am so sorry you have had to go through this. And I hope you make it through your darkest hours strong and proud of who and what you are. Everyone has the right to feel comfortable in their own skin. To exist without assault. And I want that for you and all trans people.

We as fans have to separate her from the world she built. I don’t support J.K. Rowling, have unfollowed her, and am extremely disappointed - but my love of Harry Potter shall go on. I hope she sees this video and it triggers something. It's very emotional.

Thing is.. JKR Is not transphobic she is just a bit uneducated in the matter. Just because she said that stuff does not make her transphobic IMMEDIATELY. We just need to educate her and protect her. Just cos she believes in mainly biological genders doesnt mean she hates you! There is no need to cancel her or wish death upon her. She is the mother of most of our childhoods guys! #Educate #DontAssume

Recently, J.K. Rowling said that Ron is a transgender. *facepalm* That's not how it works! What's done is done & there's no changing it after you just finished something! First she said that Dumbledor was gay (right after he died), then she said that Hermoine was black (when she never mentioned it from the beginning & it's too late to change it), and now she's saying that Ron is a trans just to be more "edgy" (even though once again, it's too late & everyone knows that Ron is a boy).

Can I self identify as a billionaire and therefore have a billion dollars deposited into my back account so I can be my true self? Is transgenderism a religion or a medical condition? I see homeless folks literally dying in the streets and they can't be considered trans wealthy as a solution?

I’m a straight cis woman... but what do you consider terf? If terf means that I’m solely attracted to a penis would that make me a bigot? Sexuality isn’t a choice... I’m sorry it’s not like I control that.. i find it offensive for you to say otherwise and it perpetuates rape culture to say otherwise...

I am a lesbian and I have no problem with transgender people. There's a big difference between your physical genitals and your physical brain. I see the battle that trans people are having at the moment as being similar to that of the gay community in the 1980's. Acceptance is growing, but it's slow and will take a generation or two before trans people are accepted in the same way as homosexual people. Not that it's easy sometimes! I got kicked out of my home when I was 15 by my Xian family, and I haven't looked back. It's been tough, but my life has been better for being away from that hatred. Luckily I now live in a country (New Zealand) where acceptance is very strong. Just this week Christ's College in Christchurch - an all-male school - agreed to allow a trans-female student to stay there and study even as she continues to transition. (It's not all roses - NZ has its fair share of idiots - but the general public are much better at supporting the LGBTQ+ community than a lot of places.) I find those TERFs and Feminists who say "all" men are bad are simply stupid. It's that same kind of mindset that conservatively religious people have, and it's ugly and poisonous. I understand your struggle Jessie, and want you to know I support you. I love that you're a huge Trekkie like me and I love the content you create. BTW, I highly recommend the TV series Euphoria. It has a transgender girl in it played by Hunter Schafer (who is trans in real life - yay! for actually casting a trans person to play a trans person!) and her character of Jules is absolutely brilliant. Highly recommend it!

Terf ideology also hurts bi women, in a really twisted and sexist way.

I come from another youtube chanel with a girl making an allusion of JK Rowling being transfobic. Everyone on her video was saying "oh I'm sad she is" "I can't believe it...". So I searched more about the subject and found this video. I'm shoked that here, everybody is calling you a liar, or a stupid person who only want views, whereas on the girl video, everyone believed her without a doubt. I thing transphobie is here.

yikes u called it!

So believing that biological sex is real makes one transphobic? Please work me through the logic there...

I am a robot. What gender am I?

It's hard to accept that a beloved author or any other creator is against the lgbtq+ community.

Well, this ruined my childhood.

Just to iterate something real quick. I appreciate your opinions. I am a Trump supporter, and I voted for him in 2016, and so far, will do so again in 2020 unless something drastically changes. At the same time, I do not fall lock-step in line behind Trump ... it's just that until he demonstrates that what he says has much of any consequence, I tend to bypass what he says, and I wait for actions on behalf of the administration. For example, in 2017 I think it was, Trump said that trans people should not be in the military, but his military chiefs turned and told him that the proposal would not be a good idea, so I don't believe much was done about it. I do not like that policy, and if it harms trans people who are serving the country, I am against that. It has been an honor to be a trans woman sonce I officialy came out in 2014. I feel that my rather conservative views on some issues does not negate myself as a trans woman. I live in a very RED area of the country and I get misgendered pretty much every day. I have learned to simply live with it. People seem to not know better, although some people will ask how I would like to be referred as. Thank you for your videos. I am finding them both informative and entertaining. Keep up the great work.

6:10 this video should have a Jump-scare warning . What in hell is that?

As a conservative, traditional viewed, cisgendered, man. I have to say that anyone who treats someone like this for just being who they are is just simply disappointing.

Just watched this and have no idea what Jk is supposed to have done. Don't tell me she had an opinion. Whatever next!

No

Liking one or 2 transphobic comments accidentally is "excusable," but several? That's an extreme level of gullibility to believe that.

2:05 So the LGBT is the all powerful oligarch of society? No? REE?

We are all entitled to our own opinions :)

Not agreeing with all of your philosophy does NOT mean that someone is demeaning or demonizing you. And if another person is even capable or invalidating your existence then you are too fragile and you need to fix it.

People are allowed to have any opinion they want, you want people to accept you for changing not only your name, but your body, and demand people use different pronouns for you, but you melt down and can't handle when someone disagrees with you. Trans people ask the world to accept all kinds of changes that are different form normal, yet can't handle when a person disagree with them. It's pretty hypocritical

Are you a comedian? This video was absolutely hilarious.

You people are too radical and that's an issue .. You can't force everyone to accept what you are , some people will NEVER get it so you have to deal with it . It's not easy to understand at all so don't take it too personal , live your life as you wanna live it cause it's no one business . Im personally among those who don't get it but i guess with time people will be more open and try harder jut like we did with the LGB .. Give us time and you will see that things may get better . Good luck with the rest Miss :)