JK Rowling, the famous author of the “Harry Potter” series, has reiterated her stance after receiving a backlash over her comments in which she described a man who identifies as a woman as a man.
Rowling has found herself at the center of a culture war to protect women, describing transgender people as “caricatures” of women.
The author commented by mentioning the name of the British women’s soccer coach at Sutton United FC. lucy clarke.
Clark is a former referee She has been seen wearing a wig, and was recently photographed with her hair dyed pink.
Rowling replied: Posted after being deleted Pride UK reported that Clarke was “the world’s first openly transgender judge”.
She said: “We’ve made history by becoming the first transgender manager in the top five divisions of British women’s football. A former referee has been appointed manager of Sutton United. Fantastic!” There were gay and transgender pride flags.
“When I was younger, all the football managers were straight, white, middle-aged guys, so it’s great to see how much things have changed,” Rowling said. I have written In response to the.
“I’m not comparing him to anyone. He’s the only one.”
Rowling doubled down the next day in response to the newspaper article. daily mail Rowling was accused of “cruelty” for “ridiculing a transgender football manager by comparing him to a ‘straight white middle-aged man'”.
In a matter-of-fact response, Ms. Rowling pointed out that she was not saying that Ms. Clark looked like a man, but that she was saying that Ms. Clark was a man.
“I’m not comparing him to anyone. He’s one of them,” she said. X.
The 58-year-old went on to respond to allegations that she bullied her soccer coach.
“Calling a man a man is not ‘bullying’ or ‘beating him down.’ Cross-dressing heterosexual men are currently one of the most pandered demographics, and women have no obligation to praise those who caricature us. ”
“Call people what you want to call them,” a New York magazine writer named Jonathan Chait told Rowling.
“It’s basic courtesy,” he argued.
“Jonathan, stop telling women what they should say to women. It’s basic courtesy,” Rowling responded.
Clark told the outlet London football scene A few weeks earlier, she said at the time that “aside from two small occasions, there has never been a transgender referee or manager” and that she has since announced that she believes herself to be a woman. ” was great for him, he added.
Regarding Mr Sutton’s appointment as manager, he said: “I never wanted it to be about me,” but acknowledged that “it’s not personal, it’s hatred towards the trans community as a whole.” It became.
“When did expressing biological facts become meaningful or even considered mockery? Where did the ‘follow the science’ crowd go?” English commentator lewis blackpool he asked.
Mr Blackpool, who grew up less than an hour from Sutton, told Blaze News that he “politically disagrees with Rowling” but that many on the right “don’t want crossdressers to be in women’s spaces”. “I can’t help but notice the vitriol towards women for what they perceive to be unfair access.” This cannot be accepted. “
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