“These individuals are the tip of the iceberg.”
Author J.K. Rowling laid into “gender ideologues” on Tuesday for doing everything they could to stifle debate on the potential risks and long-term impact of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, particularly on children.
Noting that “no debate” was an oft-repeated slogan in the trans activist community, the “Harry Potter” creator punctuated her comments with a series of X posts identifying individuals who had been scolded, bullied, and harassed — sometimes publicly — until they were either forced out of or quit their jobs.
The conversation began with a comment from Kirstie Allsop, who said in an X post that no one was blocking debate around those issues: “There [are] very real issues around the impact of puberty blockers on long term health. But the point I was making is that it is, and always has been possible to debate these things and those saying there was no debate are wrong.”
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