JK
Rowling’s
comments
against
trans
women
have
caused
many
Harry
Potter
film
stars
to
distance
themselves
from
the
author
and
her
views
for
several
years
now.
Rowling
has
once
again
courted
controversy
for
praising
far-right
commentator
Matt
Walsh's
anti-trans
film
What
Is
a
Woman?
Many
netizens
took
to
social
media
to
slam
the
Harry
Potter
creator
on
social
media.
It
must
be
noted
that
Rowling
and
Walsh’s
exchange
took
place
after
the
latter
weighed
in
on
Macy
Gray
rowing
back
on
the
trans-exclusionary
remarks
she
made
in
an
interview
with
Piers
Morgan
on
4
July.
Following
the
backlash,
the
singer
retracted
and
said
that
trans
women
are
who
they
say
they
are
“regardless
of
what
anyone
says
or
thinks.”
This
resulted
in
Matt
tweeting
in
disgust
at
Macy
for
walking
back
the
harmful
comments
about
trans
women.
He
wrote
on
Saturday
(9
July),
“Sorry
but
women
who
publicly
renounce
the
definition
of
'woman’
for
fear
of
mean
comments
from
trans
activists
deserve
all
the
scorn
they
get.
That
kind
of
gutless
cowardice
is
exactly
what
got
us
into
this
position
in
the
first
place.”
This
was
followed
by
JK
Rowling
replying,
“Endless
death
and
rape
threats,
threats
of
loss
of
livelihood,
employers
targeted,
physical
harassment,
family
address
posted
online
with
[a]
picture
of
bomb-making
manual
aren’t
'mean
comments.’
If
you
don't
yet
understand
what
happens
to
women
who
stand
up
on
this
issue,
back
off.”
Walsh
then
replied
to
her
by
stating
that
he
“respected
the
courage”
shown
by
Rowling
“on
this
issue”.
In
return,
the
author
praised
Walsh’s
recent
documentary
What
is
a
Woman?
“And
your
film
did
a
good
job
exposing
the
incoherence
of
gender
identity
theory
and
some
of
the
harms
it's
done.
Many
institutions
I
used
to
admire
have
uncritically
embraced
this
dogma,
but
I
reserve
my
ire
for
them
rather
than
shouting
'coward'
at
individual
women,”
she
tweeted.
Rowling’s
praise
for
his
controversial
work
attracted
significant
criticism
on
the
micro-blogging
site.
Twitter
users
slammed
the
author
for
praising
the
transphobic
work
of
a
far-right
bigot
like
Matt
Walsh.
Take
a
look!
JK
Rowling
knows
she
can't
be
harsh
on
Matt
Walsh
because
Gender
Critical
and
TERFs
are
so
cozied
up
to
right
wing
anti-feminism
that
they
are
inseparable.
When
orgs
like
WoLF
(terf
group)
partner
with
the
Heritage
Foundation
(anti
abortion
group),
this
should
surprise
no
one.
pic.twitter.com/Ttdt4lai0Y
My
new
favorite
genre
is
TERF's
like
JK
Rowling
praising
christofascists
for
their
transphobia.
People
need
to
wake
up
at
how
transphobia
is
being
used
as
a
gateway
to
radicalize
wealthy
white
women
into
reactionary
fascist
views.
pic.twitter.com/OgXWsskp17
Nothing
to
see
here.
Just
a
children's
author
praising
a
self-defined
fascist.
Trans
hatred
is
part
of
the
far
right
culture
wars.
These
people
are
patriarchal
theocrats
who
would
imprison
gays
and
take
birth
control
away
from
women.