Manager’s job hard enough without Rowling’s gratuitous intrusion Lucy Clark was the first openly transgender referee. She has now been appointed manager of Sutton United’s women’s team. They play in the London and South Regional Women’s Premier Division beside such luminaries as Saltdean United and Dorking Wanderers. And Sutton are fighting relegation. So it’s a big deal for Clark, not so much for football. Yet a supportive tweet from Pride attracted the attention of JK Rowling. “When I was young all the football managers were straight, white, middle-aged blokes,” she wrote. “So it’s fantastic to see how much things have changed.” It felt a little unnecessary. Clark isn’t invading female space because if that’s the case, so is any coach not born female in the women’s game — and nobody complained about Marc Skinner steering Manchester United to the FA Cup. Clark has spoken about football saving her life when she considered suicide, so her involvement has been enormously positive. Rowling took down Scotland’s poorlyconceived gender reform laws in a series of whipsmart social media posts. By contrast, this just seemed gratuitous.

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A photo of Westminster, part of the Houses of Parliament taken during the evening from the otherside of the river Thames. Where Equality Act 2010 was debated

Equality Act 2010 debate; disgusting politicians roll eyes on hearing of trans suicide

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BBC attempt to launder reputation of Graham Linehan of Graham Linehan; the image shows the BBC log on a curved red-brick wall.

BBC continues to help manufacture transphobic culture war over sports

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The Observer HQ, where they decided to take a pro conversion therapy stance. Credit Nigel Mykura Wikimedia Commons

The Observer announces its pro conversion therapy view

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LGB Alliance's logo; LGB Alliance's charity status is under threat by legal action.

LGB Alliance’s charity status & the legal action against it

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A side profile photo of Elon Musk. Source NASA/Bill Ingalls. Ps Elon Musk is cisgender.

Elon Musk is cisgender but you could get banned for saying so

The latest out of Elon Musk's Twitter is just as absurd and ridiculous as the rest of it; he has stated he believes the word "cisgender" to be a slur and that saying something like "Elon Musk is cisgender" could be harassment.
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How I realised and accepted I was transgender

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Official photo of Victoria Atkins. Victoria Atkins MP banned puberty blockers.

Cowardly bully Victoria Atkins MP banned puberty blockers as Parliament dissolves

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