[Yamer]

I'm not entirely sure I would classify Rowling as outright transphobic, but there certainly seems to be a fascination with gender and sex presented under the guise of some fairly backwards thinking. She appears to come at the subject through a lens of abuse which colours her thinking of trans women, which I can understand, but the dog-whistling and aspects of false victimhood are troubling.

Cis gendered women's rights are not at odds with trans women. I don't understand how this became a rallying cry to hide behind forms of intolerance. "Sex and gender is a fact" is just silly on its surface as I don't think there are rational human beings arguing against it, and I really can't process why anyone gives a #### at all what someone else identifies as. Of course, I am neither a cis or transgendered woman, so it would be equally as silly for me to speak for them.

Personally, I think much like Dave Chappelle it's not necessarily transphobia or hate, it's just a specific skewed standpoint combined with certain levels of ignorance regarding the holistic experience of trans rights, movements, and personhood. At least Dave doesn't continuously go to the well of right-wing fearmongering such as the bathroom and pronoun issues, but that overwhelming fascination (or even obsession) raises some eyebrows. Having watched The Closer multiple times I can't find any tangible instances of hate, but his incessant need to troll the extremes of the community and roll around with the philosophical absurdity lingers as somewhat problematic.

Like, I get what both Rowling and Chappelle are saying, and the pushback can sometimes be disproportionate (death and rape threats, for example), but I'm just a wee confused why they're saying it. In Chappelle's case I suspect it's a problem with power dynamics and those extreme segments of the community, but Rowling sure seems unable to not trip over her own victimhood in battling a problem mostly made up in her own head.