J.Okay Rowling has seemingly doubled down on her controversial remarks about transgender individuals in a brand new podcast interview.
The perfect-selling Harry Potter creator, 57, has been labelled a transphobe and trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF) by activists for her divisive views on gender and has candidly addressed the backlash.
Talking on an episode of The Witch Trials of J.Okay Rowling, the author mentioned she knew the response she’d get after first making problematic feedback a couple of transgender lady three years in the past.
“I completely knew that if I spoke out, many individuals who would love my books could be deeply sad with me,” Rowling admitted.
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“Personally, it has not been enjoyable and I’ve been scared at instances for my very own security and, overwhelmingly, for my household’s security.
“Time will inform whether or not I’ve bought this fallacious. I can solely say that I’ve considered it deeply and long and hard and I’ve listened, I promise, to the opposite facet.”
Surprisingly, regardless of the continued fallout and damaging press, Rowling refused to backtrack on her unique feedback.
“I stand by each phrase that I wrote there, however the query is, What’s the fact?” she defined.
“And I am arguing in opposition to people who find themselves actually saying intercourse is a assemble, [that] it isn’t actual.”
Rowling’s Twitter remarks, which included referring to a transgender lady as a “penised particular person” and her stance in opposition to the phrase “individuals who menstruate” have resulted in followers boycotting her books and Harry Potter stars distancing themselves from her views.
The creator mentioned she knew her unique publish in June 2020 about menstruation could be a “hand grenade” – however she stood firmly by her opinion.
“I am coming to that article on the background of what I see as enormous injustice and folks attempting to close ladies down… So I used to be indignant, and I used to be flippant,” Rowling mentioned.
“[That was] like dropping a hand grenade into Twitter. Did I imply to drop a hand grenade in? No. I used to be simply protecting a rein alone fury. So off it went.”
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Rowling is referring to her tweet the place she commented on an article which referred to “individuals who menstruate” in lieu of the phrase “lady”.
“‘Individuals who menstruate.’ I am positive there was a phrase for these individuals. Somebody assist me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” Rowling tweeted on the time.
That very same day, Rowling doubled down on her controversial remarks with a prolonged message about intercourse and gender.
“If intercourse is not actual, there isn’t any same-sex attraction. If intercourse is not actual, the lived actuality of ladies globally is erased,” she mentioned.
“I do know and love trans individuals, however erasing the idea of intercourse removes the flexibility of many to meaningfully focus on their lives. It is not hate to talk the reality.”
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Within the first episode of the Witch Trials podcast, the British author additionally revealed she wasn’t involved concerning the transgender controversy being her “legacy”.
The podcast is hosted by Megan Phelps-Roper, a lady who grew up within the extremist Westboro Baptist Church.
In the course of the episodes, Phelps-Roper attracts similarities between the backlash in opposition to Rowling and the Christian outrage in opposition to the Harry Potter books and films within the ’90s and early 2000s.
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