⚔️ J. K. Rowling vs Amnesty UK

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⚔️ J. K. Rowling vs Amnesty UK

Trying out some non-academic, dramatic culture war critical analysis. There’s an ongoing kerfluffle involving Amnesty UK and J.K. Rowling. Here’s a timeline that provides some context.

The tweet in the post:

Beira’s Place exists primarily to exclude trans women. It’s a part of your long-term agenda to remove rights of non-discrimination, equality, safety, & bodily autonomy from trans women. It’s as if you’d set up a school for white kids only because you think immigrants violent.

J.K. Rowling’s response:

Trans-identified men in Edinburgh are fortunate enough to be welcome at the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, which was headed for a while by a trans-identified man who believed, and said publicly, that women who wanted a female-only service were bigots. That same rape centre admitted a male as a client because he called himself non-binary. The man was subsequently convicted for rape.

Beira’s Place was set up by me to provide women in Edinburgh and the Lothians with the female-only service they were being denied. Internal emails between ERRC staff were revealed during an unrelated court case, which showed them to be angry and dismayed that there was now an alternative service for women. One might have thought, reading those emails, that ERRC staff’s priority was the ideological conversion of rape survivors rather than the provision of a service that traumatised women required to feel safe after rape.

Beira’s Place has been exceptionally busy since it opened. We’ve taken on more staff and are currently looking for larger premises. We’ve helped women who’ve admitted that they didn’t want to use the alternative rape centre because of its very loud and public ‘trans women are women’ stance. We are also open to any and all trans-identified women who need support after rape.

In short, you’ll be relieved to hear that the trans-identified men for whom you feel such empathy and compassion aren’t losing out. It was biological women who were being shamed for their entirely legitimate desire for a male-free space. Apparently you’d have preferred that situation to continue, but I think you’ll find that most people, whether male or female, will see that as evidence of your cruelty, not mine.

Here’s someone’s opinion on why Beira’s Place is anti-rights:

https://rejserin.medium.com/beiras-place-anti-rights-28a8a3830507

The actual letter sent from Beira’s Place to Amnesty UK:

https://xcancel.com/jk_rowling/status/2077366128620323213

Any other good links?

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My forecast: Big win for Rowling. The UK has strong defamation laws, and Amnesty UK depends on government funding. They’re already caving to pressure. The FWS ruling from the post shows UK courts probably wouldn’t agree that Beira’s Place is anti-rights.

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