‘I Was Angry’: J.K. Rowling Knew Her Trans Comments Would Land ‘Like A Hand Grenade’

Author J.K. Rowling She confessed that she knew her comments regarding the trans community were going to be taken seriously “like a hand grenade” — but she said that she was so “angry” She continued to push ahead regardless.

The “Harry Potter” Creator is currently reviewing the comments she received and the backlash they have received. serial podcast Titled “The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling,” She said that the real firestorm started in 2020, while the world was still recovering from the effects of the COVID pandemic.

What’s the point? Rowling She said that the article she had seen on Twitter was what she started with. “Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate” — and she said that she saw in that one headline a concerted effort within the trans community to erase everything that made biological women unique.

“I’m coming to that article on the background of what I see as huge injustice and people trying to shut women down … So I was angry, and I was flippant,” Rowling explained that Rowling was responding to the tweet by saying that it was because of this.

“‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” she tweeted at the time, adding that she knew there would be backlash — that it would be “like dropping a hand grenade into Twitter.”

“Did I mean to drop a hand grenade in? No. I was just keeping a rein on my own fury. So off it went,” She went on.

The author stated that once the ball had started rolling, she continued tweeting: “If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth.”

Rowling Then she continued by claiming that she was used as an attack victim, noting that it was because of the “Harry Potter” series embraced a world of wizardry and witchcraft she had faced some backlash from certain religious elements – but she said the attacks from the left “hit differently … because I would assume we share certain values.”

“But at the same time, I have to tell you, a ton of Potter fans were still with me. And in fact, a ton of Potter fans were grateful that I’d said what I said,” Rowling continued, adding, “I stand by every word that I wrote there, but the question is, What is the truth? And I’m arguing against people who are literally saying sex is a construct, [that] it’s not real.”

Rowling later addressed the people who advocate for radical gender theory — particularly those who advocate for it but refuse to debate the ideology on its merits — and said that she absolutely believed there was “something dangerous about this movement and it must be challenged.”

“My position is that this activists’ movement, in the form that it’s currently taking, echoes the very thing that I was warning against in Harry Potter,” She said.

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