In a nearly 4,000-word essay, J.K. Rowling elaborated on remarks she made last weekend — remarks that many people read as anti-trans
J.K. Rowling. Photo: Greg Allen/Invision/AP/Shutterstock J.K. Rowling, as you may have heard, has some Opinions about trans identity, some of which she aired on Twitter last weekend. Sharing an article on period poverty, the author took aim at the phrase “people who menstruate.” As became clear from her subsequent explanation, Rowling believes that womanhood somehow hangs on this biological function, logic that excludes trans women and non-binary people.
Naturally, online criticism of Rowling’s position has not cooled since she published her rebuttal. One reader summed it up as a “TERF bingo card,” and indeed the term TERF — which stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminist and in its current usage, often describes a liberal woman whose brand of feminism excludes transgender women from its push for equal rights — is one that Rowling has heard many times in recent days.
Others have taken issue with Rowling’s disclosure of past trauma as a justification for a fear of trans women. “Like JK Rowling, I am also a survivor of domestic abuse and sexual assault, both of which occurred in my teens,” one user wrote. “These awful experiences don’t justify bigoted and trans-exclusionary views and I find it pretty disgusting that she’s using them as a shield to deflect criticism.
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