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Of all the pieces I've written for the Washington Post, this one generated the most comments. No, not all of them were merciful.
Original headline: TO UNDERSTAND BIOLOGICAL SEX, LOOK AT THE BRAIN, NOT THE BODY.
Jenny Boylan 🍯
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Jenny Boylan 🍯
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- This year, for Lent, I am giving up.
- If you are a transgender person who is now, or has been, a member of the armed forces, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you have sacrificed. This darkness will give, some day, I promise. In the meantime, you are revered, and loved.
- Married 31 years today. 12 as husband and wife. 19 as wife and wife. Dear transphobes: How’s YOUR marriage doin’?
- A transgender woman is prominently quoted in one of the lead stories in the NYT today, but she is not identified as trans in any way, since her gender has nothing to do with the story. She is quoted as an expert in her field. Which she is. Imagine living in a world like that.
- I did not know who else had signed that letter. I thought I was endorsing a well meaning, if vague, message against internet shaming. I did know Chomsky, Steinem, and Atwood were in, and I thought, good company. The consequences are mine to bear. I am so sorry.
- My trans daughter and her girlfriend were engaged last night and the world is BRILLIANT.
- THE SUPREME COURT DOES NOT REPEAT NOT MISGENDER AIMEE STEPHENS IN ITS RULING. JK, are you listening?
- I don’t engage in conversations about my right to exist. It’s undignified. I can tell you, @jk_rowling that I’m in a house with two 20-somethings who are sobbing uncontrollably. They grew up with your books. You could have been a beacon of hope. Instead, you did this.
- I could watch a whole movie of this.
- 1. My friend @kathygriffin was put in Twitter jail yesterday after the Washington Examiner complained about her syringe tweet. The paper feels that a comedian's comment is more dangerous to us than a president who lies to us, daily. And talks about insulin like it's bacon.
- All of the 20 somethings I know have turned their backs on JK Rowling because of her comments about trans women. It’s astonishing to me. They grew up with her work and loved it profoundly.
