J.K. Rowling is facing new accusations of transphobia thanks to one of the characters in her upcoming book, Troubled Blood, set for release on Sept 15.
The story revolves around a male cisgender serial killer who dresses up like a woman to trick his victims for the fifth installment of Rowling’s crime fiction series Cormoran Strike, which is published under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith.
Given that the Harry Potter author has made statements many considered transphobic — such as writing that she doesn’t want to “make natal girls and women less safe” by granting access inside female bathrooms and changing rooms to “any man who believes or feels he’s a woman” — the new book’s plot line sparked controversy on Twitter. “…I have to say, the