One time when I was running a coffee shop, Maggie Smith came in. She was eating alone & not at all in peace because all the kids in the coffee shop had spotted Professor McGonagall and we’re so excited!

She finished her lunch, tipped very well and asked for her coat. Before she left, she walked in stern silence to the bathroom with her coat in her hand as parents hushed their excited children. When she emerged from the loo, she was wearing her long black coat as a cloak, one of her arms ahead of her with the coat draped over it and, with a flourish, she swished her arm down and her eyes gleamed as she called out, in character -

“Let the Sorting begin!”

She sat for a good hour signing napkins and talking to a huddle of kids. It was absolutely adorable.

I’ll never forget that. It was the nicest thing I’ve ever seen. She’s an incredible lady.
She had a smoked salmon salad and a sparkling water. And gave every kid in the place possibly the best day of their entire childhood.

Right, let’s do this. Whistleblower time🗣️

As a former LGBTQ media “Journo” I’d like to uncover some of the simple rules used across the board in LGBTQ media📝

From feed content to homo headlines,here are the Top Tips for being published in your favourite LGBTQ publication🏳️‍🌈
🧵 1. Reaction Takes Action

Want to write about LGBTQ culture? The number one rule is Thou Shalt Not Be Un-Biased😡

We’ve been silenced & outraged too long so this is OUR TIME to shine. We don’t do “journalism”-we want a reaction & that starts with yours

“Be mad b4 you go mad”
🧵

Today, I found out the dating agency I have used for 6 years (a “femme-to-femme” lesbian dating site that do events) hates lesbians.

Let me explain.

So, I’m same sex attracted, right, which means I don’t date dicks. Don’t worry it’s not transphobic, it’s called lesbianism.But🧵 But it is a tough position to be in because trans lesbians also want “a go” but I’m afraid they just can’t. My loss. Moving on.

I’ve always thought “Femme To Femme” was a very clever way to gently advertise that this was a female only service. Trans lesbians are brill but…🧵

Beware The Handbag Hook-Up

OUAT I went to a gay bar for my birthday & when we found a table, there was a handbag!👜

Hoping to help, we set about trying to reunite it with its owner. We were in luck! Immediately, a trans woman, “Denise”, and her friend came over.

It was hers!🧵 “Thanks for giving it back” said Denise as she sat down, uninvited. “I’ll buy you a drink.”😎

It was a statement, not a question.😥😳👍

My friend seemed ok 🤷‍♀️so I quickly brushed off the looming sense of dread as I was locked in convo with Denise, who quickly became pushy😈🥷🧵

Hear me out

Single Sex Spaces - It’s As Simple As A Seatbelt!

Would you not wear a seatbelt just because the chances of being in a car accident are so low?

Would you not-buckle-up-your-kids because it rarely happens & YOU’RE a good driver?

No. Because its best to be safe🧵 You wear a seatbelt because you don’t know who else is on the road and safety first, right?

You never know who is out there texting while driving or drunk behind the wheel, so you take precautions.

Not just for you but for the people you love and wish to protect.

That’s SSP 🧵

STORYTIME -You know that rumour that Lesbians are GREAT at DIY? I’m the exception to that rule

For anyone having a bad day, I'd like to take a moment 2 make you all feel better by sharing with you the story of "Lamp-Lamp”

First thing you need to know is I have no common sense🧵 So when a floor lamp of mine (bulb included) went out, I went on quite the mission to rectify it

Sadly I know nothing about elecriticity-ism

After standing @RobertDyas in front of what I maintain to be a smug overkill of bulbs (why so many? whats the the numbers?) I welled up🧵

Wow. What a lot of links to things I’ve already read and videos I’ve already watched.

Thanks, I guess?

I repeat - I see nothing transphobic in anything JK Rowling has ever said. You can’t buy, bully or berate me in to saying otherwise.

Never. Ya know. Because “Always” is her quote. From Harry Potter.

Damn I had to explain why it was clever which means it’s not. Reminds me of some the defamatory, terminally biased propaganda I’ve read in the last months.

If you have to translate & twist why it’s transphobic, it’s not

I can confirm, here & now, that I won’t be doing any paid interviews, writing articles of my own or in any way monetising my stance.

I have no book coming out, nothing to sell, no agenda.

Holding my head high with my integrity in tact, I stand firm & proud that my words landed.

https://twitter.com/setoacnna/status/1595427693155188737

If you’re used to people only taking a stance in a self serving, tactical way then let me disabuse you of your assumptions.

I have no millions to hide behind, no famous friends to shield me, no pretty house to wait in or Insta-following to build.

I shared bc I felt strongly.

Here’s a list of excuses I was given, repeatedly, while researching JK Rowlings “transphobic” quotes -

- It’s just common knowledge
- Go Google “JK Trans” and you’ll see it
- It’s hard to pick one quote bc it’s everything she says, ever
- “I’m not doing your research for you”🧵 -Why are you asking me? No I didn’t say she was *quickly deletes TL*
-It’s not what she’s said, but when she said it.And how
-Transphobia is in the eye of the beholder
-“Wikipedia”🙄
-She wrote a book I haven’t read that has a trans villain
-NO I DIDNT READ THE BOOK BUT ITS BAD🧵

Right, I’m done.

3 months ago, I was tasked with writing an article detailing “20 Transphobic JK Rowling Quotes We’re Done With”

After 12 weeks of reading her books, tweets, full essay & finding the context of these “quotes”, I’ve not found a single truly transphobic message🧵 In the process, I peaked.

JK Rowling is not an “intolerable transphobe”, she’s a (talented) woman who could have sat back & been beloved forever, but looked around & paid attention as the intersection of trans rights and women’s rights has had understandable growing pains.🧵