The last day of March, the day before April Fools, is now set aside as ‘National Transgender Day of Visibility.’ This year the Supreme Court of the United States marked 31 March with a near unanimous decision in Chiles vs Salazar (!) that a Colorado law which forbade so-called “conversion therapy” was unconstitutional; Kaley Chiles, a Christian counselor in the Rocky Mountain state is again free to “help gender-confused children become comfortable with their own bodies instead of pursuing irreversible transgender medical procedures.”
On the same day, Megan Brock posted ‘She Spoke Out On Gender Ideology And Became A Global Target: Transgender Day of Visibility is a perfect day to celebrate a real woman: J.K. Rowling‘ at The Daily Wire. Brock reviewed the history of Rowling’s courageous stand against TRAs and Gender Ideology Extremists. She placed special emphasis on the 2020 essay that created both an avalanche of nonsense about the Harry Potter author being “transphobic” and the cancellation of anyone and everyone in Rowling Studies who took the same position. Brock concludes her ‘Trans Day of Visibility’ post this way:
Tuesday is Transgender Day of Visibility, a fake holiday created by a man pretending to be a woman, and I think it’s a perfect day to celebrate J.K. Rowling. Rowling is a real woman who has held the line on biological reality for us all. She has given the issue of gender ideology visibility in a way that only a billionaire cultural icon could.
She’s chosen to make herself visible, putting a target on her back, and has taken many arrows from angry transgender activists who have threatened her safety and tried to destroy her legacy. In spite of it all, she’s carried on with a smile and a sharp sense of humor and has helped other women fighting similar battles.
One of her first acts of defiance against gender ideology happened in 2019 when Rowling defended Maya Forstater, a British researcher who lost her job for tweeting that a man cannot change his biological sex. She continues to face headwinds for women fighting for biological rights on the ground through the J.K. Rowling Women’s Fund.
Rowling could have just chosen to stay quiet and enjoy life in her private Scottish castle. Instead, she chose to fight for and support those who don’t have the means or voice to fight alone. Those who give up their own comfort for the betterment of others are the kinds of historical figures that save civilizations. History will remember J. K. Rowling for doing her part.
I would bet if there is a ‘J. K. Rowling Day’ commemorated annually in the future it will be 31 July, the author’s birthday, one she shares with her most famous fictional character. Her most delightful prankster characters, Fred and George Weasley, were born appropriately on 1 April, the day of pranks and teasing, April Fool’s Day. It would be hard to imagine, however, a more meaningful prank on Chaucer’s “32nd day of March” than making ‘J. K. Rowling Day’ forever coincide with what I hope will be remembered as “Chiles vs Salazar Day” far longer than as a “Transgender Day of Visibility.”
Another bad day for the Slytherin gang!
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