UK's only trans philosophy professor to JK Rowling: Harry Potter helped me become a woman
open letter, was JK Rowling, who on 7 July signed a letter warning of the dangers of censoriousness and intolerance, after publishing a broadside in June on transgender issues. The irony, Chappell says, is that it was a line in Harry Potter that helped her decide to take the path she did.We’re chatting on Skype and Chappell, at home in Dundee, is wearing a cream shirt and a matching string of beads.
