J.K. Rowling Rips Troll Over 'Disgusting' Trans Comments
newsweek.comHarry Potter author J.K. Rowling has clapped back at a detractor on social media, over accusations that she has said "horrifying, disgusting things about trans people."The writer has been the focus of impassioned debate in recent years over her comments regarding transgender women.
She has also received much support for her stance, with "#IStandWithJKRowling" trending on Twitter in the past.Rowling has publicly supported women who question the legitimacy of transgender women's gender identities and has frequently spoken out on the issue on X, formerly Twitter.In 2020, she was accused of transphobia when she mocked an op-ed that referred to "people who menstruate" rather than "women." The term is used to refer to people from different gender identities who menstruate, including non-binary, trans men and intersex people.With the issue continuing to be a hot button topic, a video was recently shared on social media of a detractor hitting out at continued support of Rowling's work."Y'all know J.K.
Rowling is a transphobe, right?" the person said in the clip. "I see so many people on here supporting Harry Potter...and I'm like, 'You realize that the author is a transphobe, like she actively says the most horrendous, horrifying, disgusting things about trans people, specifically trans women, on X, right?""How do you still support it?
How do you still perform that music? How do you still read those books? How do you still watch this s***? How do you still talk about Harry Potter?" they continued. "You know that she actively is doing things to hurt the LGBTQ community."I love the whole franchise, but I can't support it, because it hurts my siblings.
