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JK Rowling returns award after Harry Potter author is slammed for 'transphobic' tweets
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JK Rowling has returned an award she was given by the US Kennedy family after she was criticised for her views on transgender rights.
The Harry Potter writer was handed the Ripple of Hope award by the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights organisation last year. But Kerry Kennedy, daughter of former US senator Robert F Kennedy, recently hit back at the author’s “deeply troubling transphobic tweets” in a statement earlier this month.
Rowling said that she ‘refutes’ the accusation and has vowed to return the award handed to her by Kennedy.In a statement, the 55-year-old writer said: “Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F Kennedy Human Rights, recently felt it necessary to publish a statement denouncing my views on RFKHR’s website.“The statement.
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