So disappointed in JK Rowling.
I actually had this come up recently with a respected friend and felt so offended by his words.
But the honest truth is I didn’t really understand this issue very well myself before my own daughter came out as transgender a year and a half ago.
Transgender women are women
Transgender men are men
When you say anything to the contrary, it is extremely triggering and hurtful to transgender people and their allies. The perception that trans people are somehow “pretending” is just not factual. And this uninformed, transphobic paradigm is the basis for horrific systemic and societal discrimination against transgender people that is the direct cause behind 40% of transgender teens taking their own lives.
40%.
Gender is determined in the brain, not the genitals and for some people the two do not match up the way we’ve been taught that they “should”. Moreover gender is a spectrum, not a binary category. It has always been this way, in every cizilization and every country all through time. Yet we have been gaslit into believing a fictional paradigm that invalidates these people’s very existence.
It took me all of 90 minutes to better educate myself on this issue after my daughter courageously told me who she really is. The information we have on this in biology, psychology, history, and lived experience is very consistent. There is nothing up for debate.
Transgender women are women
Transgender men are men
It is NEVER any of your business what someone’s genitals look like.
If you don’t get this…please read up on it. This article has some good info and resources, as does the one I posted in the comments.
If you are not interested in trying to understand, please unfriend me immediately.
#togetherwerise(P.S. I am still new to allyship in this area. If I misspoke in the above I openly invite my LGBTQ friends and their more experienced allies to help me learn to do better. 
