It’s important that people know what happened here. Unqualified lunatic doctor goes rogue, hands out hormones et al to kids without telling their parents. Second doctor *whose job it is* to pass on safeguarding concerns passes on such concerns, plus her own. Result: second doctor investigated for ‘transphobia’, smeared, subjected to hostile 4-hr interrogation, mental health severely impacted, forced out of her job. Over the next few years all her worst fears are much more than confirmed. Many children suffer severe, irreversible & completely preventable harm, not bc of a ‘bad apple’ but bc of NHS culture ‘Why are you so concerned?’

So sick of this panicmongering. How dare the Guardian run a false headline like this? The bill to protect girls’ sports in Washington state does not “require genital checks.” It simply requires a doctor’s statement that the child is a girl - which could for instance be based on existing medical records. All athletes already undergo a physical exam before competing. share.google/NvqZvuO16Xus2V5…

Different pronouns. Equal respect. 🌈 Using someone’s pronouns is a simple way to show respect for their identity. On International Pronouns Day, we stand for a Europe where everyone can be themselves, free from discrimination. 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺

I wrote a new piece about women’s rights and whether or not I want trans people dead. (Spoiler: I don’t)👇 jkrowling.com/opinions/an-up…

1/ This article by the Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson is downright misleading. What is said about the law is unreliable, it confuses civil statutes for criminal ones and it completely ignores the principles of statutory constructions in crime. I explain why here:

“A society which values freedom must protect everyone’s right to live openly and safely as themselves.” My piece for @IndyVoices on delivering our manifesto commitment to ban conversion practices 👉🏻 independent.co.uk/voices/con…

Tomorrow I will be speaking at the #BattleofIdeas about the disastrous yoking together of LGB sexual orientations with TQ+ identity issues. The unjustifiable demands of the “queer” TQ+ movement have done incalculable damage to LGB people. Not just to public perceptions and LGB rights - but serious harm to LGB teens and young adults. Gay teens aren’t sick! It’s OK to be Gay!

BREAKING: opnieuw demonstranten in #Amsterdam op de #Dam met een spandoek ‘We support Hamas’.

I didn’t really get the problem with gender ideology at first. I’m liberal-minded about most things. 'Live and let' live has generally been my motto. I believed inclusion mattered. I believed in being kind. In not using language that might upset people unnecessarily. I knew people who identified as transgender. I knew some adults chose medical treatments or surgery to resemble the opposite sex. That seemed to me a matter of personal autonomy. Adults can do what they wish with their own bodies. What I hadn’t realised - and I feel slightly embarrassed admitting this - was that I’d misunderstood what was being claimed. I thought “transgender” meant a form of self-expression. A man who liked wearing women’s clothes. Someone changing their name. Gender non-conformity. What I hadn’t grasped was that some activists weren’t just asking for tolerance. They were asserting that declaring yourself the opposite sex made you the opposite sex. Not metaphorically. Literally. And that this wasn’t just cultural. It had legal consequences. - It meant men who said they were women were demanding access to women’s sports, prisons, domestic violence shelters and hospital wards - It meant the rewriting of healthcare language - “pregnant people”, “bodies with cervixes” - to avoid saying “women” - It meant children struggling with identity being affirmed onto medical pathways with lifelong implications And also redefining same-sex attraction. Lesbians called 'bigoted' for not wanting relationships with men who identify as women. Gay men accused of prejudice for saying they're not attracted to female bodies. None of which made any sense. But I'd also overlooked how far this had travelled - into HR policies, professional bodies, schools, political parties and public institutions. And how easily disagreement was framed as cruelty. Speaking up felt risky - because others were being publicly humiliated for doing so. None of this is abstract. Because sex is the basis on which safeguarding works. On which data is collected. On which cancer screening programmes run. On which fair sport and single-sex spaces depend. It’s written into law - including the Equality Act - because material differences matter. If sex becomes a 'feeling' rather than a biological category, those protections become unstable. And once reality becomes negotiable, everything does. Once I saw it, I couldn’t unsee it. But I needed to be sure. So I read. Books, research papers, policy documents. When I finally spoke publicly, there was backlash from all directions. Many women thanked me - both quietly and publicly. But some feminists criticised me for speaking too late. Others were angry about a past interview I’d done with the parent of a transgender person, accusing me of promoting harm. It takes courage to change your mind publicly. It takes courage to speak when you know your reputation, friendships or livelihood may be on the line - when you know raising your voice could strain, or even end, relationships you value. Once I understood what was at stake, staying silent was no longer an option. I lost my livelihood simply for saying I didn’t like the phrase “pregnant people”. That alone tells you something is deeply wrong. It shouldn’t be this way. I will never judge any woman for when she finds her voice. Because every voice adds value - whenever it is raised. And I know how persuasive this ideology can be. I know how easily it bypassed me. And I know how much courage it takes to admit, publicly, that you got something wrong.

Don't miss. It's difficult to overstate how important it is to defeat the proposed Conversion Practices legislation.