JK Rowling has added fuel to the fire of her transphobic controversies. This time, the British author said she would prefer “go to prison” rather than using the appropriate pronouns to refer to a trans person. This blatant disregard for the rights of trans people was immediately denounced by many Internet users.
“I would gladly serve two years in prison »
On Tuesday 17 October, JK Rowling shared on social networks a photo of a sentence projected on the wall of a department of the British Ministry of Justice which states: “Repeat after us: trans women are women. » In response, the author settled for a ” NO ” violent and without appeal.
When an Internet user challenged her by reminding her that such statements could now be punished two years in prison as part of a proposed law aimed at making transphobic remarks a hate crimeJK Rowling did not hesitate to respond:
“I would gladly serve two years in prison if the alternative is the obligation to use false terms in my language that distort reality… Bring me before the judge. I would have more fun than any red carpet. »
The writer continued her indecent comments, using irony to respond to Internet users. She said:
“I would like to be assigned to the prison library, for obvious reasons. But cooking would work too. Laundry would be complicated, I shrink the clothes and color everything pink. But it wouldn’t be a problem if all I had to wash were the sheets, I guess. »
Concrete political measures against transphobia in the UK
The British Labor Party, currently favored in polls for general elections due in early 2025, is considering strengthening sanctions against those who deliberately use the wrong pronouns to refer to trans people.
This proposal is part of the fight against transphobia, which is increasingly present in public debate in the United Kingdom. ON InstagramMaltese MEP and Labor MP Cyrus Engerer expressed his concern on his Instagram account, highlighting that “The transphobic discourse circulating in Britain is worrying and is reaching new levels. We must expose transphobic people for who they truly are.”
The Harry Potter cast is divided around JK Rowling
Since 2019, JK Rowling has continued to persist in her transphobic comments, mocking the term “People who menstruate ».
If different personalities from the films Harry Potterwhile Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson radically opposed her comments, others, such as Helena Bonham Carter and Evanna Lynch, defended the author by accusing the “cancel culture”.
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