“Sophie Grace” Chappel wrote an open letter to Rowling last month; it was posted at Crooked Timber.
There are several paragraphs about the way Chappel derived understanding of his trans nature from reading fantasy novels including Rowling’s, and an expression of sympathy for Rowling’s experiences of abuse, and then the “but you’re wrong” part.
… Read the restBut I urge you to look a little more closely, and from a different angle, at some of the issues that you’re raising.
First, a quick harrumph of exasperation. You wrote on twitter that “If trans people were suffering discrimination on the basis of being trans then I would march with them”. To be honest, that tweet took my breath away. If we were suffering