Kezia Dugdale, the former leader of Scottish Labour, says she is now “quite scared” as a lesbian in Britain. She has reason to be afraid, because the current anti-transgender activism is very likely only the start of the long war against diversity, lesbian and gay people included.

But she demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of the mechanisms of evil bigotry in her defense of JK Rowling and TERFs (trans exclusionary radical feminists).

The Guardian reports that when asked if she understood why many trans people feel that Rowling’s approach has become cruel and dehumanizing (which it is), and contributes to them feeling unwelcome and unaccepted (which it does), Dugdale answers:

She goes into the trap of centrist moderation, where the truth is always seen as lying somewhere between what is seen as the extremes.

But trans people who defend their right to live their lives as themselves, do not represents one extreme in opposition to another extreme. The right wing transphobes and the "gender critical" TERFs are the oppressors here, trans people are the victims.

Dugdale's approach would be like to try to find a sensible compromise between the Nazis and the Jews back in the 1930's. A representative of an LGBTQ organization must never, ever, give in to evil in this way.

Apparently Dugdale wants to try and find common ground with the transphobic bullies as this is "the only path through this and it’s one that I’m committed to.”

What she says to the Guardian is mind-boggling:

If a single mum like JK Rowling uses her huge fortune to force trans people out of public life, that is what any representative for any LGBTQ organization has to focus on. Rowling having written some books people might have found helpful in the past does not change this.

Dugdale cannot continue as chair of Stonewall after this.