# J K Rowling and the trans furore

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-k-rowling-and-the-trans-furore/855795 "2020-06-16T18:05:08Z")\
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Exactly. If it wasn’t for how transpeople (especially transwomen) were and are treated in this country, I would have started transitioning back when I was a teenager and would have saved myself all the depression, alcoholism, and attempted suicides I went through and I wouldn’t have spent the last 15-20 years totally miserable and hating myself. I can’t say TERFs specifically were much of a problem back then, as it seems to be a relatively new phenomena, but it definitely is now and I see it as one of the main factors right now in the rising backlash to us obtaining equal rights.

And there is a big element of Oppression Olympics with the idea that giving us rights will take away rights from ciswomen. Rights aren’t a zero-sum game and this kind of baseless paranoia just increases hatred against us. And yes, @RickJay, misgendering us is dehumanizing us. FYI.

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