Oh sure, she gave us the Harry Potter books, filled
with people who are different, but JK Rowling is still a transphobic bigot.
Last month, on the Transgender Day of Remembrance, comedian
Holly Stars, actor Georgia Frost, and drag performer Richard Energy, all trans
activists, protested outside Rowling’s home carrying signs that read:
“Trans
liberation now! " “Don’t be a cissy!" “Trans rights are human rights!”
They
were responding to Rowling’s long history of transphobia, where she has
repeatedly attacked the validity of trans identities, portrayed trans women as
threats to cis women’s safety, promoted conversion therapy for trans people, and even
promoted vile merchandise with anti-transgender messages.
And how did Rowling respond? She took to Twitter to claim that
her address was visible in a photo that Stars, Frost and Energy posted online, and
said she had called the police, though it is unclear what crime was committed.
Then Rowling, who claims to be against people being “hounded
on social media” a posted the names of the three activists on her Twitter,
comparing their protest to rape threats and asked her 14 million Flying Monkey followers
on Twitter to attack them.
She’s a vile disgusting hate-filled human being who ought to
stick to writing fantasy about people being equal whether wizards or muggles,
or half-bloods because, in the real world, she is hate. She perpetuates hate
against trans people, especially transwomen who are routinely murdered simply
because they are trans.
That ain’t fantasy, y’all, that’s fact! |