A story from my childhood.

I remember one kid at my school got bullied really bad. They would shove him, throw away his packed lunches, and tear up his Harry Potter books.

They would even shout "wizard bitch!!" At him and when he corrected them saying female wizards are actually witches, they would just beat him up. At first, I thought it was awful and told them to stop. I said they were all bullies, and this is not ok. They eventually backed off.

Now looking back on it, they weren't bullies at all, they just didn't want to support JK Rowling's transphobic rhetoric and influence. They were doing the right thing all along and I was too blind to see it.

They even were trying to break down the boundaries in gender biased language such as "witch" and "wizard." They were gender-abolishing warriors, not cruel kids.

They we're standing up for those that were silenced. How they knew this at such a young age, so far in advance before she even publicly stated anything is nothing short of amazing. They were playing chess; I was merely playing checkers. That's a true ally.

Wherever they are, I hope they are doing well. And I also hope that bigoted wizard-loving loser is being tripped as I say this.