She may have penned the beloved Harry Potter novels, but that doesn’t mean that J.K. Rowling’s devoted audience, or Daniel Radcliffe who starred in the film adapation of her books, won’t call her out. The famed author recently came under fire for tweets that some stated were transphobic. J.K. Rowling shared a link to an article titled, “Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate,” and then joked in the caption, “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”

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Some believed that she was taking a jab at the transgender community, so Rowling expounded on her initial thought. “If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth.“

A few more tweets later, and Rowling was quickly being criticized for what the public called transphobic comments. Daniel Radcliffe responded to J.K. Rowling and her controversial tweets by penning an op-ed piece for The Trevor Project, an organization that Radcliffe has worked alongside for quite some time, writing that “transgender women are women.”

“I realize that certain press outlets will probably want to paint this as in-fighting between J.K. Rowling and myself, but that is really not what this is about, nor is it what’s important right now,” he stated. “While Jo is unquestionably responsible for the course my life has taken, as someone who has been honored to work with and continues to contribute to The Trevor Project for the last decade, and just as a human being, I feel compelled to say something at this moment.”

“Transgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo or I,” Daniel Radcliffe added. “According to The Trevor Project, 78% of transgender and nonbinary youth reported being the subject of discrimination due to their gender identity. It’s clear that we need to do more to support transgender and nonbinary people, not invalidate their identities, and not cause further harm.” Do you believe that Rowling was being transphobic?

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When people say Black Lives Matter, they mean all Black Lives. Male Black Lives Matter. Female Black Lives Matter. Straight Black Lives Matter. Gay Black Lives Matter. Trans Black Lives also Matter.

The attack of Iyanna Dior, a black trans woman, is appalling to watch and it speaks to the exact reason why we are protesting. She was brutally attacked inside of a convenience store by a mob of 20-to-30 cisgender men calling her transphobic slurs and throwing punches. Dior was able to escape behind the shop counter before eventually finding safety through the back door. 

Boosie Badazz might be avoiding being in contact with people as he practices social distancing, that isn’t stopping him from speaking to the people. He’s been on Instagram Live heavily these days in wake of the Coronavirus scandal that has ended the NBA season pre-maturely, canceled all events, and closed all clubs, restaurants, and bars. 

Most recently the rapper hopped on Instagram Live to further discuss his thoughts on the trans community. He insists that he has nothing against trans people or anyone that identifies as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, he did insinuate his issue is giving kids the power to make major decisions. “I don’t have nothing against no gay people,” he said before adding that he has gay people in his family and who work for him. “All I said was don’t do that, mane. I don’t hate gay nobody. I love people. I don’t hate white people. I don’t hate black people. I’m just — I don’t hate people, bruh.”

Boosie Badazz caught backlash last month after making comments of Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union’s 12-year-old kid‘s decision to be referred to with she and her pronouns. His comments caught national attention, receiving widespread backlash and support simultaneously before it ultimately got him kicked out of Planet Fitness.

Check out Boosie’s comments below. 

The Arizona House of Representatives passed a new bill that if signed into law could potentially ban transgender women from participating in scholastic sporting events. The bill known as the “Save Women’s Sports Act” was introduced by Republican Rep. Nancy Barto, and will require educational institutions to assign sports for males and females based specifically on the persons’ biological sex.

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The House Bill 2706 will essentially be applied to grade levels K-12, community college, and universities’ female teams. The “Save Women’s Sports Act” reveals that “a student may establish (their) sex by presenting a signed physician’s statement that indicates the student’s sex” in conjunction with detailed documentation of the student’s DNA analysis. 

The bill was initially introduced on Feb. 3 and passed in the Arizona House of Representatives one month later dividing party lines 31-29 after an emotional hour-long debate this past Tuesday (March 3). In a statement provided to ABC News, Nancy Barto wrote:

“This bill is about fairness. That’s it. What is fair on the field, the court, the track, and in the pool.” 

Barto then went on to list the physical advantages that males have over their female counterparts in regards to muscle mass, testosterone levels, and more. Barton continued:

“That is why we have separated male and female sports. And that is why women have been so successful in achieving greatness on the field, and all the benefits that go with it. What has changed is Interscholastic policies allowing biological males identifying as females to compete on women’s teams.” 

While Barto and the other representatives that state that they want to keep a level playing field amongst school sports, the bill’s opposers claim that it fails to protect LGBTQ kids and transgender youth. However, the bill does have some protective language established within it allowing students to take legal action against scholastic institutions as it states:

“Any student who is deprived of an athletic opportunity or suffers a direct or indirect harm as a result of a violation of this section has a private cause of action for injunctive relief, damages and any other relief available under law against the educational institution.”

While Arizona House Democrats, local businesses, and more have displayed their frustration with the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA), the state’s governing body for school sports, has procedures in place that allows transgender athletes to compete in sporting events “in a manner that is consistent with their gender identity.”

Arizona might be progressive in regards to marijuana production and consumption, the state still has some work to do in regards to gender identity politics. Check out ABC News official report on Arizona’s “Save Women’s Sports Act” in the video provided below. 

When met with such a strong level of backlash, some people would give up their morals and simply abide by the status quo. Boosie Badazz is not most people. He recently earned a ton of criticism after misgendering Dwyane Wade’s 12-year-old transgender daughter, ranting on video and urging D-Wade to reconsider supporting his child. The comments were totally unnecessary but it does not appear as though the Baton Rouge icon is going to apologize anytime soon. During a sit-down with Baller Alert, the rapper was asked about the situation and he went out of his way to misgender Zaya Wade again.

“You received backlash for your statements about Dwyane Wade’s daughter,” started the interviewer before Boosie cut her off, referring to Zaya as Wade’s “son.” He then attempted to explain why he said what he said.

“That’s just how I felt. People gotta understand that’s how I feel,” said the rapper. “Even my momma got on my ass yesterday. My momma called me early in the morning and got on my ass, talking about, ‘Stay off social media! That’s they family! You stay out people’s business.'”

Following the backlash felt by his comments about the Wade family, Boosie claims that he was banned from a Planet Fitness location, calling out the manager of the gym and admitting that he should have played it cool. “I feel like they’re ganging up on me now. I should’ve shut my ass up. Everything happens for a reason. A lot of people feel what I said, completely. I got a lot of bad backlash, but I got a lot of people who feel the same way.”

Boosie personally does not know Dwyane Wade and he doesn’t think that he’ll ever get in contact with the basketball legend after all of this. Watch below at the 1:50 mark.

There are certain things that one should just not joke about and, after seeing the latest post on 50 Cent‘s Instagram page about Dwyane Wade’s daughter Zaya and R. Kelly, you’ll likely agree that the rapper crossed a line here.

50 Cent is well-known to be a prominent social media troll, coming after his rivals online and making his followers laugh with each new post. While this will surely elicit laughter from a select bunch, some people are feeling as though the Power executive should not have stooped to this level. In the midst of the growing media coverage surrounding Dwyane Wade, Gabrielle Union, and their 12-year-old transgender daughter Zaya, 50 Cent shared a meme that has the basketball legend sitting next to disgraced singer R. Kelly, who is currently awaiting multiple trials for allegedly sexually abusing dozens of little girls. The caption is where things go left.

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“Heard you had a daughter now,” says R. Kelly in a text bubble above his head. “U touch her I’ll kill ya,” responds Wade. While this can be considered humorous, it’s definitely pretty risky for 50 Cent to continuously post provocative material. Clearly, he’s unafraid of “cancel culture,” which has caught up to so many celebrities in this day and age.

What do you think of this?

Cardi B explained why people should keep their opinions to themselves about Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union's trans daughter, Zaya, on Instagram live, after various celebrities spoke on the subject since Zaya came out as trans earlier this month. A few weeks ago, Dwyane and Gabrielle revealed to the world that their 12-year-old child identifies as a girl, and would thus forth go by Zaya and be referred to with female pronouns. The proud parents have been nothing but supportive of their daughter, and various celebrities have reached out to express their support as well. However, others were much more hateful. Boosie Badazz went on a transphobic rant (which eventually got him kicked out of Planet Fitness) about Zaya, insisting that Dwyane and his family have "gone too f*cking far."Young Thug was also insensitive toward the 12-year-old, misgendering her just as Boosie did and claiming that "God don't make mistakes." Boosie and Thug received plenty of backlash for their comments, and now, Cardi has taken it upon herself to express how she feels about the whole situation. The rapper began explaining her stance by reminding everyone that Zaya is a child, and that we should all be more sensitive about how we speak about her.

We all know that Boosie Badazz, formerly known as Lil Boosie, is stuck in his old school ways but when he ranted about Dwyane Wade’s decision to support his 12-year-old transgender daughter Zaya, he definitely crossed a line. The Baton Rouge rap icon recorded a video of himself speaking about Wade’s appearance on Ellen where he out explained his decision to support his daughter, who was born Zion Wade. Boosie Badazz ended up misgendering the little girl, earning major backlash on social media as a result. Young Thugfound himself in a similar position. Because of his comments, Boosie was subsequently banned from a Planet Fitness location, which caused him to spew further homophobic slurs.

“MANAGER WHO WAS GAY REFUSED TO LET ME N PLANET FITNESS BECAUSE OF MY PAST ACTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT GENDER,” wrote Boosie on Instagram, saying in the video that the man was also upset that he referred to one of their employees as a “f****t” He went on to post the address of the location in question, calling for a boycott of their services and claiming that they have roaches. “THEY HAVE ROACHES , N THEY SHOWER WATER DONT GET HOT,” he said.

Boosie Badazz has gotten caught in hot water over his previous comments about gender and sexuality. His rant about Zaya Wade is simply the most recent instance of it.

Boosie Badazz went in on a transphobic rant over Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union’s 12-year-old child, Zaya, decision to publicly come out as transgender. 

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Last week, Dwyane Wade appeared on Ellen where he discussed Zaya’s decision to come out as a transgender girl, explaining that he and his wife are fully supportive of their child. Boosie Badazz, who’s previously made harsh criticisms towards the LGBTQ+ community, went off on a full-blown rant on Instagram where he claimed the famed NBA player had “gone too f*cking far.”

“That is a male. A 12-year-old. At 12, they don’t even know what they next meal gon’ be. They don’t have shit figured out yet. He might meet a woman, anything, at 16 and fall in love with her. But his dick be gone — how he gon’ — like, bruh, you going too far, dawg,” he said. At this point, it should be boldly noted that there hasn’t been a single mention of Zaya undergoing any reassignment surgeries. Wade and Union simply stated Zaya would prefer she/her pronouns. 

“Like bruh, if he gay, let him be gay,” Boosie continued. “Like don’t address him as a woman, dawg. He’s 12-years-old. dawg. He’s — he’s not there yet. He hasn’t made his final decisions yet. Don’t cut his f*ckin dick off, Dwyane Wade, bruh. You f*ckin’ trippin’, dawg. You trippin’ dawg.”

The rapper, who is no stranger to backlash from members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies, drove his apparent point home in the caption of the video. “IM GO SAY IT SINCE THIS PUSSY ASS WORLD AINT GO SAY SHIT‼️ U TRIPPIN N***A #period,” he said. Boosie has previously made harsh criticisms towards the LGBTQ+ community, even making light of Lil Nas X’s decision to come out as gay.

During Dwyane Wade’s appearance on Ellen, the famed NBA legend explained that he and his wife are proud of their child for living her truth. “First of all me and my wife, Gabrielle Union, we are proud parents of a child in the LGBTQ+ community and we’re allies as well,” he said. “We take our roles and responsibilities as parents very seriously.”

Earlier today, he appeared on Today where he discussed a moment in his recently released documentary that delves into the topic of Zaya’s gender identity. He explained that initially, he wasn’t sure how much of the subject he wanted to discuss because of the possible backlash (i.e. Boosie) his family would receive.

“I struggled on how much I wanted to talk about it in the doc,” Wade said. “I actually didn’t talk about it a lot, but I knew if I put it in the doc at all, it would be a big conversation…We struggled with what people would say about a 12-year-old making a decision about her life. But we also know our child.”

Even though there are critics like the Baton Rouge rapper who make ill-informed comments on the Internet, Wade knew that this story would help other families who might be going through the same thing. 

Dwyane Wade and his daughter Zaya have been making headlines over the last week due to the revelation that Zaya is trans and identifies as a female. At 12 years old, Zaya has been able to recognize her gender identity and has been making strides to educate her parents on how she feels. Wade has taken this all in stride and has been as supportive as one could imagine.

Recently, Wade sat down with Robin Roberts Good Morning America where he spoke on his brand new documentary. D.Wade: Life Unexpected takes a look at the basketball player’s hectic life. Zaya is a major part of the documentary and as Wade described, he felt a little uneasy about talking about her transition, at first.

“I struggled on how much I wanted to talk about it in the doc,” Wade said. “I actually didn’t talk about it a lot, but I knew if I put it in the doc at all, it would be a big conversation…We struggled with what people would say about a 12-year-old making a decision about her life. But we also know our child.”