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What did J.K. Rowling say, exactly?
Im sure there used to be a word for those people.
Someone help me out.
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If sex isnt real, theres no same-sex attraction.
If sex isnt real, the lived reality of women globally is erased.
Daniel Radcliffe, J.K. Rowling, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint at the 2011 premiere ofHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
It isnt hate to speak the truth, she tweeted.
Id march with you if you were discriminated against on the basis of being trans.
At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female.
I do not believe its hateful to say so.
(TERF is an acronym that stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminist.)
I write this without any desire to add to that toxicity, shewrote.
Judge Tayler ruled that it wasnt.
Rowlingexplainsthat she became interested in trans issues while researching a character shes writing.
Rowling also outlined five reasons for being worried about the new trans activism.
Transgender women are women.
Watson, who played Hermione Granger, also spoke out in support of the trans community.
I donate to @Mermaids_Gender and @mamacash.
If you could, perhaps youll feel inclined to do the same.
Happy #PRIDE2020 Sending love x.
(Watson has not been without controversy lately, either.
Grint, who portrayed Ron Wesley, issued a statement in response to Rowlings essay as well.
I firmly stand with the trans community and echo the sentiments expressed by many of my peers.
Trans women are women.
Trans men are men, Grint said,according to theSunday Timeson Friday, June 12, 2020.
We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgment.
I see and love you, Bonnie x, she wrote.
Wait, how is Stephen King involved?
J.K. Rowlingreportedlydeleted a gushing tweet about Stephen King after the renowned horror writer tweeted in support of trans women.
Heres what apparently went down: King retweeted a message from Rowlings account.
In response, Rowling sent a now deleted tweet praising the best-selling author.
Thank you, Stephen.
Jo canceled me, the 73-year-old told The Daily Beast in an interview published on May 20, 2021.
She sorta blocked me and all that.
I just felt that her belief was, in my opinion, wrong.
We have differing opinions, but thats life.
What about the rant in July 2020?
Ive ignored fake tweets attributed to me and RTed widely.
Ive ignored porn tweeted at children on a thread about their art.
Ive ignored death and rape threats.
Im not going to ignore this, Rowling wrote.
She once again seemingly called into question the use of hormones.
The long-term health risks of cross-sex hormones have been now been tracked over a lengthy period, she tweeted.
But if so, I cant pretend I care much about your bad opinion of me.
Her new books arent helping: Part one.
Of course, people had thoughts.
In fact,#RIPJKRowlingquickly began trending.
Shes convinced shes a martyr and this is her suicide mission, one user wrote.
Robbie Coltrane defended J.K. Rowling.
The man who played Hagrid was one of the few actors from theHarry Potterverse to defend Rowling.
I dont think what she said was offensive, really.
They wouldnt have won the war, would they?
Thats me talking like a grumpy old man, but you just think, Oh, get over yourself.
Wise up, stand up straight, and carry on.
Pete Davidson had the perfect response to the whole thing onSaturday Night Live.
No discrimination therethose films harmed us all equally.
Watch his full remarks, below:
Eddie Izzard comes to Rowlings defense.
I think we need to look at the things she has written about in her blog.
Women have been through such hell over history.
Trans people have been invisible too.
I dont have all the answers.
If people disagree with me, fine, but why are we going through hell on this?
A new Harry Potter TV show might be happeningand some fans arent happy.
In January 2021,rumors started swirlingthat aHarry PotterTV show was in early development at HBO Max.
And not all of them are happy about the idea of Rowling profiting off a hypothetical show.
Rowling says she has received death threats.
Dave Chappelle came under fire for defending Rowling.
She did not return for the HP films 20th anniversary special on HBO Max.
I thought it was about the films more than the books, you know?
Quite rightly, as that is what the anniversary was about, so no one said, Dont come.
Some I knew better than others.
The new books arent helping: Part two.
According to one reviewerstake, the book takes aim at social justice warriors.
But the book isnotbased on Rowlings own controversies…says Rowling.
I had written the book before certain things happened to me online.
The first draft of the book was finished at the point certain things happened.
Tom Felton dismissed her involvement in the films.
My dog takes up far too much time for me to go into such matters.
And anything that is not those things, I dont really have much time for.
I think I only recall seeing her once or twice on set.
Helena Bonham Carter came to her defense.
Its horrendous, a load of bollocks, she said of the Rowling backlash.
I think she has been hounded.
Its been taken to the extreme, the judgmentalism of people.
Shes allowed her opinion, particularly if shes suffered abuse, Bonham Carter continued.
You dont all have to agree on everythingthat would be insane and boring.
Shes not meaning it aggressively, shes just saying something out of her own experience.
A trans artist resellsHarry Potterbooks with new covers that omit Rowlings name.
Flom then resells the books for 140,according to Yahoo!
Hogwarts Legacy, a video game based on the franchise, seemingly introduces a trans character.
But he recognized me instantly.
Which is more than I can say for some of my own classmates.
Took them a second to realize I was actually a witch, not a wizard.
Warner Bros. Games has already faced criticism over Hogwarts Legacy, which creates a new revenue stream for Rowling.
We know thats a diverse audience.
That they have a home here and that its a good place to tell their story.
Rowling compares the trans rights movement to Death Eaters….
Yeah, you read that right.
If you disagree with us, you must die.
They demonized and dehumanized those who were not like them.
Daniel Radcliffe lays down the gauntlet.
It was an absolute privilege to get to meet and listen to this incredible group of young people.
Fans on Twitter and TikTok widely praise Radcliffe for his allyship in the wake of Rowlingsconsistent transphobia.
Shes developing aHarry PotterTV series with HBO Max.
However, the outlet noted that she would not hold a major production role.
The series will feature an entirely new cast and Rowling as an executive producer.
ContraPoints calls Rowling a useful idiot for the patriarchy.
The first: Is the backlash against J.K. Rowling a witch hunt?
Unequivocally no, Wynn says.
But she also adds that Rowling is still not the final boss of transphobia.
Wynn explains, A movement cant get along without a devil.
And across the whole political spectrum, theres a misogynistic tendency to choose a female devil.
Whether its Anita Bryant, Hillary Clinton, Marie Antoinette, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or J.K. Rowling.
The real threat to trans people, Wynn says, is the Republican party.
Rowling mocks TV show boycotters.
The sarcasm speaks volumes.
Professor Slughorn, played by Jim Broadbent, weighs in.
The original cast members are divided in their response to Rowlings TERF rhetoric.
Its really sad, the actor said.
I think J.K. Rowling is amazing.
Broadbent is among Rowlings supporters, who includeRalph FiennesandHelena Bonham Carter.
Rowling insists shed take prison time rather than correctly use a trans persons pronouns.
Such offenses, critics insisted in the report, would carry a two-year sentence.
Her comment was in response to a follower who said she could receive jail time for her views.
Bring on the court case, I say, she added.
Itll be more fun than Ive ever had on a red carpet.
In the replies, Rowling joked with her followers about which prison duties shed undertake.
Rowlings thread also named several individual trans women, arguably marking these people for targeted harassment from her followers.
(We will not be linking to her posts.)
Your behavior has to be threatening or abusive and intended to stir up hatred.
Rowling replied, Not safe, Im afraid.
Daniel Radcliffe says Rowlings anti-trans stance makes him sad.
But that doesnt mean that you owe the things you truly believe to someone else for your entire life.
Rowling goes viral again for falsely claiming an Algerian boxer is a trans woman.
Could any picture sum up our new mens rights movement better?
Rowling, however, continued to double downon X.com.
Rowling targets a trans athlete amid lawsuit.
Its a bizarre claim.
(Unlike Lance Armstrong, to whom Rowling compared Petrillo; what he did wasexplicitly not allowed.)
The Paralympics governing body knows she is trans.
There was no deception here, no skirting of any regulations.
Youd think awriterwould choose her words with more care.
Rowling takes aim at asexual people.
A person who is asexual does not feel sexual attraction toward people of any gender.
John Oliver calls out Rowling in an episode about trans athletes, and Rowling responds.
They didnt want to blow up their careers.
Taking fashionable anti-womens rights positions was the cost of doing business, she claimed in the post.
But its time to read the fucking room.
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