It's probably easier to look it up rather than me try to explain it. It's regarding transgender issues.

JK Rowling retweeted an article which used the term “people who menstruate” saying “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”. Which set off the masses and the went into defensive mode making more tweets. It is really easier just to google it then click on her twitter and look.

People have to find something to be outraged about

Agreed.

So is colour of purple and 27 year slave

Me too

Totally agree - speak your mind and be labeled crazy

Women and men are already sharing rooms in hospitals. Have done for many years

No they don't.

^uh yes they do. Public hospitals

The three that I go to in my area don’t. All public.

The situation with trans laws is a bit different in the UK. There anyone who wants to say they are female can use womens / girls toilets, which leaves young women unprotected from perverts and pedophiles. And for that matter it doesnt protect trans people themselves who are also commonly victimes of sexual harassment. The laws in Australia are different you have a lot more disabled toilets here and often transgender people use those. I am not the least bit afraid of transgender people as a group but I am concerned about perverts using a loophole to get access to young girls.

I agree with your comment trans are victims too

A phobia is an irrational fear of something. Exactly where is she being irrationally fearful??? She's not fearful ya twit, she's merely pointing out the obvious points which some numpties are too busy being offended to actually get what she's saying!

Transphobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes, feelings or actions toward transgender or transsexual people or transsexuality in general. Transphobia can include fear, aversion, hatred, violence, anger, or discomfort felt or expressed towards people who do not conform to social gender expectations.

Calling trans women women doesn't erase Rowling's experiences as a woman, which she seems to fear will happen. She seems to think people are saying sex isn't real, but that's not what the trans community (or even the scientific community) is saying; they're saying that sex and gender are different.

Transgender people have been around for thousands of years, they're spoken or written about in cultures which have been around a lot longer than white England, USA or Australia, and there are cultures which naturally accept, even revere, a person who is what we'd call transgender. Just because *you* can't understand something doesn't mean it's not real.

^^ Well said

transgender are transgender.
Women are women.

Live and let live ❤

If it was just a label it wouldn't be an issue.

what is the context of her comments?

She needs to put down the crack pipe. And people to stop listening to the mindless rantings of celebrities.

You seem to talk about crack pipes alot. Anything you want to share? 💛

Im not sure about the first one but I think the second and third are fair. A trans female person experience a lot of discrimination but it is not the same discrimination that female born women face with things like health issues eg endo or period pain as 2 examples. There are certain circumstances where I dont think a trans woman has that shared experience so I dont agree with, for example them being a minister for women. I think there should be a minister for trans people though because their experience is also valid and general public should be aware of trans issues.

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