Published on April 11, 2024, 12:30 am

In a powerful and compelling series of statements, celebrated author J.K. Rowling openly criticized critics who steadfastly uphold radical gender ideology, despite evidence showing that medical gender transitions can be harmful, particularly in children. In advocating for women’s rights based on sex, Rowling argued that no quantity of hormones, therapies, drugs or surgeries could alter someone’s biological sex.

Observing the outcome of Dr. Hilary Cass’ comprehensive review on “gender identity services for children and young people”, Rowling imaginatively drew attention to the reality. Dr. Cass’ suggestions were quite simple: to curb the trend of pushing children towards medical transitions. However, such straightforward ideas were met with vehement resistance from the transgender activist community, who labelled it as ‘flawed’.

Rowling defended Dr. Cass’ work fiercely. “Over the last four years, Hilary Cass has conducted the most robust review of the medical evidence for transitioning children that’s ever been conducted,” she declared. The almost instantaneous attacks by ideologues on this groundbreaking work speaks volumes about their closed-mindedness.

The “Harry Potter” novelist did not shy away from calling out critics who label opponents as ‘far-right’. In her words, those critics are simply seeking proper checks before vulnerable groups – autistic individuals, those identifying as gay and abused youth are put under life-altering procedures turning them into lifelong patients.

Rowling called attempts to discredit Dr. Cass’ work more than misguided; she deemed them actively malign. Meanwhile, critics refuse to acknowledge mounting scientific evidence against medical transition for children.

Despite facing intense backlash from her detractors over these views—many have accused her of transphobia—Rowling stands firm in arguing against knee-jerk child transitions in light of fresh contrary evidence continually surfacing.

Rowling also chastised those still staunchly supporting child medical transitions in spite of counterevidence appearing regularly: “The bandwagon you hopped on so gladly is hurtling towards a cliff,” she cautioned.

Conveying her fury, she asserted, “Kids have been irreversibly harmed, and thousands are complicit, including medics, celebrity mouthpieces, unquestioning media and cynical corporations.” Furthermore, the consequences of this scandal will reverberate for decades to come as young people have been recklessly experimented upon, left infertile and in physical pain.

In her concluding remarks that marked a departure from her initial stance of stopping there, Rowling shared how she had been moved to tears by the late arrival of reports like Dr. Cass’ too late to aid ‘detransitioners’, who have penned heartrending letters full of remorse to her. She ended by stating emphatically: “Today’s not a triumph; it’s the laying bare of a tragedy.”

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