The essay also prompted all three of the main stars of the Harry Potter films – Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint – to speak out in support of the trans community. We do however consider it abusive and damaging when people conflate trans women with male sexual predators, impute sexual criminality to trans identities, suggest that support of a trans child is parental homophobia and misogyny, and share uncorroborated and inaccurate information which severely damages the lives of trans and non-binary people.” Mermaids, a charity that advocates for transgender youth in the UK, said in response: “We do not consider it a crime for women to express concern. In the essay, Ms Rowling writes: “When you throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he’s a woman – and, as I’ve said, gender confirmation certificates may now be granted without any need for surgery or hormones – then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside.”
One accusation was that she conflated trans women with male sexual predators. The problem is what it doesn't say 01 March, 2023 Opinion | The Witch Trials of JK Rowling doesn't know what question it's trying to answer 21 February, 2023 Opinion | Harry Potter's legacy is already hanging by a thread - why make a TV series? 05 April, 2023 Opinion | The Witch Trials of JK Rowling makes ‘sensible’ points. In June of that year, she published an essay on her website under the title “JK Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues” which included a litany of comments that many regarded as being anti-trans. I do not believe it’s hateful to say so.” At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female. I’d march with you if you were discriminated against on the basis of being trans. In response, Ms Rowling said: “I respect every trans person’s right to live any way that feels authentic and comfortable to them. This was viewed by many as transphobic, as some trans men menstruate. The furore stepped up a gear in 2020 after Ms Rowling took objection to an article that referred to “people who menstruate” rather than saying women. However, significant criticism then arose the following year, when she tweeted in support of Maya Forstater, a researcher at the Centre for Global Development who lost her job after tweeting that she believed a person could not change their biological sex.
The very public controversy surrounding Ms Rowling and her views on transgender people dates back to 2018, when she claims she accidentally liked a tweet calling trans women “men in dresses”. Why are people boycotting Hogwarts Legacy?
0 kommentar(er)
