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J.K. Rowling provoked yet more outrage on social media Image credits: Samir Hussein/Getty Images While a slew of people were left stunned by J.K.’s transphobic remarks, the author appeared to ...
JK Rowling first made controversial comments about the transgender community in December 2019. Most recently, she is the subject of a new podcast where she discusses her views on the transgender ...
JK Rowling has denied being transphobic, but previously said she would “happily” spend two years in prison for misgendering a transgender person. This article was amended on 1 July 2024.
The "Harry Potter" author is speaking out in a new podcast, "The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling," saying she "never set out to upset anyone." J.K. Rowling: Trans comments 'profoundly' misunderstood ...
Rowling has always strongly denied being transphobic. ... — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 19, 2019. Rowling wrote on Twitter, now X, at the time: “Dress however you please. Call yourself ...
Author J.K. Rowling reads from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone at the 2010 Easter Egg Roll at the White House.. British author J. K. Rowling, writer of Harry Potter and other Wizarding World works, has garnered attention for her support of the Labour Party under Gordon Brown and her criticism of the party under Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer, as well as her opposition to the American ...
Rowling first expressed gender-critical views back in 2019 when she spoke in favour of Maya Forstater after the researcher lost her job for her allegedly transphobic tweets.
Although she writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, before her remarriage her name was Joanne Rowling, [2] or Jo. [3] At birth, she had no middle name. [2] Staff at Bloomsbury Publishing suggested that she use two initials rather than her full name, anticipating that young boys – their target audience – would not want to read a book written by a woman. [2]