Why I Won’t Write For Indy Voices Any More
Trans lives are not a debate.
I was super proud to be commissioned for Indy Voices a few years ago. I sent every piece to my parents like “look, its me, I wrote that!” But today that pride has been a little bit tainted as Indy Voices have platformed a defense of perhaps one of the most prominent anti-trans figures. This via Jordan Tyldseley’s piece titled “JK Rowling is being made out to be a hate preacher — it is absurd as it is troubling”.
The piece tries to frame JK Rowling’s position on trans people’s human rights as “a legitimate opinion”. Rowling’s position has included supporting those who have referred to trans people as “black face actors”, “sick fetishists” and even her recent support for career anti-LGBTQIA+ campaigner Caroline Farrow who appeared on Question Time in 2014 to oppose gay marriage. Her opinion simply isn’t legitimate, it is bigoted garbage.
The piece goes on to suggest that people are “unduly distrusftul” of “gender critical” people. “Gender critical” being an attempt to rebrand transphobia and encompassing all kinds of different transphobes. Though it must be said the most prominent tend to be the most extreme. Such as Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull who has a whole laundry list of awful things she has said. Including that she believes trans men should be sterilised and the time she…
