# Religion, Transphobia and Category Errors **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 4, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-transphobia-and-category-errors/1013878 "2025-02-04T17:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 181
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-transphobia-and-category-errors/1013878/181 "2025-05-06T09:50:24Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > The goal is persecution, so it make perfect logical sense. It doesn’t make sense because it’s in the UK, under a Labour government, not the US under Trump. > [@Gyrate](#): > > We can thank JK Rowling for astroturfing that campaign and priming the political pumps behind it. Nah. She donated to the campaign, but she didn’t start the group behind it. There are a bunch of true believers who organise on social media and think this is the most important issue facing women. Incomprehensible, but they are clearly serious about their beliefs. > [@Gyrate](#): > > The irony is that this approach damages women far more in the long run than all the groups they purport to be afraid of, but then it’s not like it was ever about the welfare of women in the first place. In terms of damage to women, it’s no different to the idea women should be afraid of men in general, and that’s mainstream feminism and socially approved. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-transphobia-and-category-errors/1013878)._