British writer and journalist Owen Jones. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images) We’re saddened to report that British journalist Owen Jones became the target of Twitter transphobes Sunday (4 April) for simply saying he wants to be a dad. In just five words, Jones, 36, became a lightning rod for countless anti-trans users who sought to paint the activist as seemingly the enemy of all progress itself. For, you know, saying he wants to be a dad someday. Oh, the horror. The pure horror. Someone stop him. Please. For online transphobes, often riled up by the mere existence of trans folk, this is all it took for them to pile-on Jones – and seemingly against queer men having children.