J.K. Rowling posts 700-word diatribe trying to justify her transphobia

Rowling’s transphobia has only grown more unhinged over time.

Author J.K. Rowling reads from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone at the Easter Egg Roll at White House, 5 April 2010
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After recent rants opposing a transgender-inclusive hate crime law and implying that trans people are criminals who don’t need legal protections, billionaire Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling recently published a 709-word social media post explaining her anti-trans views and what she has decided defines a woman.

Her April 6 post post ends with two tired transphobic tropes: that trans women are a violent threat to cis women and gender-affirming care harms children. Neither one is true, but her post still provides insight into the views that inform Rowling’s bigotry.

Rowling starts by defining a woman as…

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