Paris Lees, a transgender rights activist and British Vogue columnist, tweeted Monday: “JK Rowling’s new book’s about a ‘transvestite serial killer’ Meanwhile over in the real world the number of trans people killed in Brazil has risen by 70% this past year, young trans women are left to burn in cars and men who kill us (for being trans) are pardoned and sent home.” Rowling’s management told CNN that it would not be commenting on the latest controversy. Her latest book might cause those still enjoying her books to question that sentiment,” the Mermaids statement added. The author recently expressed support for trans people’s right to live free from persecution. Rowling’s fiction as a place of comfort, friendship and escape.
“As a children’s charity, we are bearing witness to the very real hurt felt by young people who once saw Ms. "Harry Potter" actors have been among those to criticize Rowling. “We are disappointed to hear that the author might be propagating the same, long-standing and hurtful presentation of trans women as a threat. The spokesperson cited an example from Rowling’s second book in the “Strike” series from 2014 – “The Silkworm,” which featured a transgender character as a suspect.
“This is a long-standing and somewhat tired trope, responsible for the demonization of a small group of people, simply hoping to live their lives with dignity,” a spokesperson said in a statement to CNN. Mermaids, a UK-based charity which supports transgender children and their families, said it was”concerned” by reports that the book features a character presenting as another gender in order to carry out attacks. “One wonders what critics of Rowling’s stance on trans issues will make of a book whose moral seems to be: never trust a man in a dress,” reviewer Jake Kerridge wrote. Rowling 2018Īuthors at JK Rowling's literary agency quit over company's refusal to speak out on transgender rights
Rowling, author of the "Harry Potter" books, has caused controversy with her views on transgender people.
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