Category: J.K. Rowling
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J.K. Rowling: Gender Villain
Author of Harry Potter books and notorious transphobic person. LOSER: GenderMenace.net Gender Villain Award for July 2023
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Maya Forstater: Woman who lost her job over transgender views awarded £100k compensation
A woman who lost her job after expressing views that biological sex cannot be changed has been awarded more than £100,000 after an employment tribunal found she experienced discrimination and victimisation at work. Rating: Transneutral, Sky News, July 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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Too much alike? Oxfam forced to deny ‘TERF’ video depicts J.K. Rowling
British-founded charity Oxfam faces backlash after posting a now-deleted video showing a woman wearing a ‘TERF’ badge – with some comparing the likeness to the controversial Harry Potter author. Rating: Transneutral, euronews, June 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (original Video archive) (updated Video archive)
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JK Rowling’s blistering post about Aussie protest after reporter claimed controversial feminist rally ‘staged mass Nazi salute’
British author JK Rowling has launched a blistering attack against a reporter over an article about a controversial feminist rally gatecrashed by neo-Nazis in Melbourne. Daily Mail, May 30, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Mapping the transphobia/far-right Twitter nexus
The convergence between “gender critical” anti-trans activists and the far right is becoming increasingly apparent. Posie Parker’s Let Women Speak rallies are attended by anti-abortion campaigners and Sieg Heil-ing Nazis. The LGB Alliance have found a new home at 55 Tufton Street alongside neoliberal and climate-misinformation think tanks. And fascist group Patriotic Alternative (PA) have been leading anti-drag protests. Rating: Transsupportive, Medium, May 23,…