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Artist repurposes Harry Potter books to honour murdered trans people, in defiant message to JK Rowling
"Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Trans rights are human rights," writes Tai Ericson's website
JK Rowling
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Ronnie Wood’s ex-wife Jo calls Glamour’s trans-inclusive cover ‘disgraceful’: ’An insult to real biological women’
"Such an insult to real biological women... disgraceful," said the former model
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Manchester laser clinic offering half-price Harry Potter tattoo removals
JK Rowling’s views on transgender rights have sparked widespread backlash since 2018, when she liked a tweet referring to trans women as “men in dresses”
News Sport
Pedro Pascal called ‘another Johnny’ by Martina Navratilova in defence of JK Rowling
The former tennis player also accused The Last of Us star Pascal of "telling women to STFU"
Culture Film & TV
Pedro Pascal speaks on viral JK Rowling comment declaring: ‘Bullies make me f***ing sick’
"It's a situation that deserves the utmost elegance so that something can actually happen," said Pedro
News UK
Scottish newspaper The National bites back at JK Rowling’s claims it is ‘anti-woman’
The newspaper branded Rowling as "a billionaire trying to control media output to fit her own worldview"
Culture Film & TV
Stephen Fry distances himself from ‘lost cause’ JK Rowling: ‘She has been radicalised’
Fry said that Rowling may have "been radicalised by TERFs, but also by the vitriol that is thrown at her"
Culture Film & TV
Jason Isaacs on JK Rowling: ‘I don’t understand who she is on Twitter’
Isaacs commented on Rowling's anti trans views, saying: "It’s not my argument or discussion to have. But if there’s a vote, I know which side I’ll be voting"
News UK
India Willoughby: Trans people in UK face ‘extermination by legislation’ (EXCLUSIVE)
“Trans people now face extermination by legislation in the UK thanks to a bitter billionaire and a backstabbing Labour government,” writes trans media figure India Willoughby in an op-ed for Attitude. “Who’s going to save us?”
Culture Film & TV
JK Rowling doesn’t ‘have power’ to fire Paapa Essiedu from Harry Potter for supporting trans rights: ‘Wouldn’t exercise it if I did’
“I don’t believe in taking away people’s jobs or livelihoods because they hold legally protected beliefs that differ from mine"
Culture Music
Boy George says JK Rowling ‘hates men’, and defends Protect The Dolls t-shirt campaign
Boy George continued to say that Rowling "cannot differentiate between a 'trans' woman and a biological male"
Culture Film & TV
Nicola Coughlan slams HBO Harry Potter series after raising nearly £120,000 for trans charity
Coughlan's fundraiser for Not A Phase has so far raised £118,507.66, against a currrent target of £130,000
Life Film & TV
Attitude editor: Warner Bros. should be ashamed for giving a platform to JK Rowling
"What a sad little life, Joanne" writes Attitude's Cliff Joannou in an op-ed, as he challenges the Harry Potter creator and speaks out in support of our asexual family
News
J.K. Rowling criticised for calling International Asexuality Day ‘Fake Oppression Day’
"All she wants to do is attack small, marginalised groups of people," asexuality campaigner Yasmin Benoit has told Attitude
News
Azealia Banks calls out ‘paranoid’ JK Rowling over trans views: ‘It’s been YEARS sis’
The rapper referred to her trans brother in many posts in defence of the trans community and labelled the author "paranoid"
Culture
David Tennant defended as JK Rowling takes aim in tweet after Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative win
Fans of the Doctor Who star have come to his defence after the Harry Potter author appeared to mock him on the appointment of the new Tory leader
News
Gender surgeon says JK Rowling should ‘not comment on stuff that she doesn’t know much about’
"It seems slightly unfair to use her privileged position to make I think somewhat ill-informed comment about this patient group," the consultant urologist has said
News Sport
JK Rowling and Elon Musk named in cyberbullying lawsuit by Olympic boxer Imane Khelif
Rowling tweeted a picture of Khelif during the Olympics, saying she had the "smirk of a male who’s knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment"
News UK
JK Rowling says some loved ones ‘begged’ her not to share views on trans people
"People around me, including some I love, were begging me not to speak"
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Daniel Radcliffe makes rare comments on JK Rowling’s views on gender: ‘It makes me really sad’
“I will continue to support the rights of all LGBTQ people" says Dan