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💬 This week:
- Joanne Harris. Chair of the Society of Authors, and the latest victim of press and social media harassment for supporting trans people, like her child.
- Hate Crimes. They are up. And by a lot, for the 7th year in a row. We explain the rise and what it means.
- Being a trans parent. Far from hindering, their lived experience has made them a better parent - and the reasons are clear. Marley Conte shares in the Queer Gaze.
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📖 Why the press and gender critical campaigners attacked Joanne Harris
TL;DR: The Chair of the Society of Authors put out a misjudged tweet in the wake of J.K. Rowling getting a death threat. Gender-critical campaigners and the media used this to attack the Chocolat author who has a trans child. It paints a bigger picture of the hypocrisy of some who purport to be free speech campaigners.
Joanne Harris is the Chair of the Society of Authors. She also happens to be a parent with a trans child.
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