Lee Haywood
Here is one you have probably missed.
From Variety- Elisse Shafer
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backed J.K. Rowling after the “Harry Potter” author spoke out against Scotland’s new hate crime act, daring the police to arrest her for misgendering trans women.
The act, which went into effect on Monday, includes an offense for “stirring up hatred” regarding age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity and variations in sex characteristics. In a lengthy thread posted on Monday to X, formerly known as twitter, Rowling listed 10 trans women — including India Willoughby, who in March reported Rowling to the police for alleged transphobia — who would be protected under the act.
“April Fools!” wrote Rowling, who lives in Edinburgh. “Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren’t women at all, but men, every last one of them. In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls.”
Rowling continued, “I’m currently out of the country, but if what I’ve written here qualifies as an offense under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment.” Under the post, she added the hashtag “#ArrestMe.”
Later on Monday, Sunak released a statement to the Daily Telegraph defending Rowling’s views. “People should not be criminalized for stating simple facts on biology,” he said. “We believe in free speech in this country, and Conservatives will always protect it.”
Hallelujah.
I always assumed Rowling to be one of your run of the mill British liberals (a very imaginative and creative one). Maybe she is on some things, but not on this. She is spot on and more courageous than the mamby pamby conservative politicians we have here.
As she has stated, she has no hatred towards those wanting to have trans reassignments. But they are still men and should not be allowed in women’s bathrooms or sports.
Consider this. An article in Military.com from 2021 states:
“The Pentagon has spent $15 million in the past five years to treat 1,892 transgender troops, including $11.5 million for psychotherapy and $3.1 million for surgeries, according to Defense Department data provided to Military.com”
It is obvious to me that there are those that join the military in order to have their reassignments paid for by you and me. This was halted by Trump but reinstated by your President Biden.
Evidently there are a bunch of these trans citizens roaming around. Like Rowling, I wish them no harm either, I just ask that they pay for their own operations.
How about a transgender Go Fund Me Page?
Lee Haywood is a franchise owner for Winzer USA, an MRO supply company based in Plano, TX.He services industrial and government accounts across NC. Lee and his wife Brenda reside in Summerfield, NC and have been married for 39 years. He was born on the cusp of Scorpio and Sagittarius. He is partial to the color red and his lucky number is 3.