J.K. Rowling paints trans women as rapists as author continues crusade against civil rights

Was Dolores Umbridge autobiographical? Has the author turned into her worst character?

“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has a long history of transphobia. She has repeatedly attacked the validity of trans identities, portrayed trans women as threats to cis women’s safety, and even promoted vile merchandise with anti-transgender messages.

Now she’s taken to Twitter to paint trans women as rapists and civil rights as nonsensical. Now fans have started asking, has the author turned into one of her worst characters, Delores Umbridge?

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“War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength,” Rowling tweeted along with a link to an article about transgender prisoners. “The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman.”

The article criticizes Scottish police for honoring a prisoner’s gender identity. It portrays being trans as something you can claim to avoid punishment and gain access to the vulnerable since it includes those women who haven’t surgically transitioned. A transgender person would need to show they have been consistently living as the opposite sex for a period of time to qualify.

Completely overlooking the stunning fact that women cannot be…

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