Her crime novel Troubled Blood, also published in 2020 under the nom de plume Robert Galbraith, tells the story of a serial killer who dresses as a woman when he carries out his murders. Since that June 2020 editorial, Rowling has continued to engage with the subject of transgender identity, from the same point of view. At the time, Scotland (Rowling is a resident of Edinburgh, writing most of the Harry Potter series there) was considering changing its laws to allow individuals to change the gender assigned on their birth certificates without a medical diagnosis.Īfter a couple of years of coy social media gestures and replies on the subject, on June 10, 2020, Rowling published a confrontational 3,600-word essay on her personal website spelling out her views on gender identity, her skepticism of transgender-inclusive laws and policies, and “the new trans activism.” Rowling invoked her own survival of domestic abuse and sexual assault, while also raising a discredited hypothetical about male sexual predators being allowed into restrooms for girls and women as long as they identify as one.įrom 2020: Why I’m not buying the Harry Potter game Her views came into full display in the summer of 2020. Rowling has chosen to take regarding gender identity, going back to 2018.

Mainly because of the public stances that author and series creator J.K. Photo: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Why is this game controversial? Rowling at the world premiere of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in London, March 2022.

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