Sue Gives A F**k
A Response to J.K. Rowling
Sometimes Sue can be quite serious. J.K. Rowling has finally had her say on trans rights. So I thought I'd have mine.
Sources:
Studies arguing that gender identity is fixed from a young age:
For a quick overview, here’s the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity
However, for more authoritative information, see Bukatko, Danuta; Daehler, Marvin W. (2004). Child Development: A Thematic Approach. p. 495
https://archive.org/details/childdevelopment0000buka/page/495
or Hine, F. R.; Carson, R. C.; Maddox, G. L.; Thompson, R. J. Jr; Williams, R. B. (2012). Introduction to Behavioral Science in Medicine. p. 106.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0UYyBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA106&redir_esc=y
Waiting times for medical transition treatments
See here for an article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/26/trans-patients-in-england-face-soul-destroying-wait-for-treatment
or here for the official guidance from the Gender Identity Development Service: https://gids.nhs.uk/about-us
Statistics published up to 2016 by the Tavistock Centre, the UK’s largest Gender Identity Clinic: https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/documents/408/gids-service-statistics.pdf
Lisa Littman study:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202330
Statistics on black men falsely accused of raping white women:
Rape, Racism, and the Law, Jennifer Wriggins, 1983 https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=faculty-publications
Stats on the proportion of child sexual assault perpetrators who are heterosexual men:
Rahman, Mahrin. "Definition of the Problem".
https://web.archive.org/web/20120809025541/http://www.cwru.edu/med/epidbio/mphp439/Pediatric_Sexual_Assault.htm
Also Carole Jenny; Thomas A. Roesler; Kimberly L. Poyer (July 1994). "Are Children at Risk for Sexual Abuse by Homosexuals?".
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/94/1/41?ijkey=c911201fd8349a4722ec75d7d578e4dea9465e02&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
Proportion of rape victims who are female:
https://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/publications_nsvrc_factsheet_media-packet_statistics-about-sexual-violence_0.pdf