For those waking up to the news that JK Rowling is transphobic, or are wondering how the UK has become the centre of Trans Exclusionary Radical “Feminism”, here’s a thread of articles that goes some way to explain...

How British Feminism Became Anti-Trans https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/terf-trans-women-britain.html
Is Transphobia in the U.K. So Different From That in the U.S.?

TLDR: whichever side of the pond you’re on, transphobes are gender essentialists who keep patriarchy intact by concern trolling for (white) women and children’s safety. https://www.them.us/story/amateur-transphobia-uk-us
A compilation of all the trans-hostile headlines churned out by the transphobic UK press in the space of a year... https://twitter.com/mimmymum/status/1160775998893363200
A guide to DARVO, the gaslighting response people give when they’re called out for bad behaviour

A brilliant insight into the techniques used by powerful & privileged ‘gender critical’ activists to reframe their actions to present themselves as ‘victims’. https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/13/guide-darvo-gaslighting-response-people-give-when-called-bad-behaviour-12847680/
“The only speech powerful people seem to care about is their own: They want to be able to say whatever they want without consequence & to paint themselves as the victims even as they wield more institutional and systemic power than anyone criticizing them” https://gen.medium.com/amp/p/e840fa55ad49?__twitter_impression=true
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