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JK Rowling returns award after criticism of her views on trans rights
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breakingnews.ieJK Rowling is returning an award from a group linked to the Kennedy family in the US, saying its president “incorrectly implied” that she is “transphobic”.
The Harry Potter author (55) has been at the centre of a row over trans rights. The president of Robert F Kennedy Human Rights, a group which previously presented Rowling with an award, was among those who criticised the best-selling writer’s views.
Announcing her decision to hand back the gong, Rowling wrote online that Kerry Kennedy, the organisation’s president and the daughter of the late senator Robert Kennedy, “felt it necessary to publish a statement denouncing my views” on the group’s website. “The statement incorrectly implied that I was transphobic, and that I am responsible
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08.02 / 19:17
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin opposes gay marriage but thinks doxing teenagers on Twitter is OK
Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia is having a hell of a week and he has nobody to blame but himself.It all started on Saturday when the antigay Republican’s campaign attacked a 17-year-old on Twitter, doxing the minor by sharing his name and photo after he called out Youngkin for trying to erase history.The high school student retweeted a news story that suggested Youngkin was quashing efforts pursued under two previous governors to highlight the history of enslaved people at the governor’s mansion.Related: Jerry Falwell Jr. wants Virginia to secede to a different state where people can be more homophobic“Team Youngkin,” the official Twitter account for the governor’s campaign, quickly went on the defensive by posting a photo of the teenager with former Gov.
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