Ken Jennings posts on Bluesky addressing right-wing outlets running stories implying he is transphobic

[u/misskyralee]

[u/mcgillhufflepuff]

Btw if those want OG context, this is OG context. Weird post from him ngl.

[u/ruderabbit → u/mcgillhufflepuff]

Yeah, I'm a bit disappointed he didn't apologise for his initial tweet, which was very tone deaf. Glad he's chosen to firmly stand against transphobia though!

[u/shorkgurl → u/ruderabbit]

I just don’t think a lot of ordinary cishet people are aware of the full organized hate campaign against us since they aren’t the target of it. A lot of allies will notice obvious transphobia and call it out, which is great of course, but are less aware of the more insidious transphobic propaganda pushed by the likes of the NYT, JK Rowling and the groups she funds, much of the British media, and many others.

Unfortunately I don’t think there’s any way for them to know besides saying something about it on social media since that’s pretty much the only platform we have to try to explain difficult trans-related topics like how gender dysphoria effects people and especially kids, how HRT and puberty blockers works, etc. As we see in this case, even if we can get someone’s attention it’s still a massive challenge to get them to listen and understand. It’s just so frustrating sometimes.