This has been a problem for fans as Rowling has a tendency to side with trans<\/a> exclusionist commentators, a move that has alienated transgender and non-binary fans who identified strongly with the world she created, and were very supportive of her left-leaning platform.<\/p>\n In March of 2018, Rowling liked another Twitter user identified on the platform as @racybearhold. The Tweet in question spoke to the user\u2019s issues with misogyny within the UK Labor Party, but included the line \u201cMen in dresses get brocialist solidarity I never had.\u201d<\/p>\n Wingardium transphobia @jk_rowling<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/s6cJ2rIr6A<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Philip Ellis (@Philip_Ellis) March 21, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Twitter user in question who has posted anti-transgender screeds to Twitter before, and identifies herself as \u201cgender critical,\u201d that\u2019s a euphemism often used by those who are essentially anti-transgender.<\/p>\n In the wake of fan outrage over this incident, Rowling\u2019s publicist claimed the like was accidental in nature, telling\u00a0PinkNews<\/em><\/a>\u00a0that, \u201cI\u2019m afraid J.K. Rowling had a clumsy and middle-aged moment and this is not the first time she has favorited by holding her phone incorrectly.\u201d<\/p>\n The like was removed from Rowling\u2019s Twitter feed.\u00a0Yet Rowling continues to like anti-transgender content: In October of 2017, she liked a Tweet linking to an article on Medium that argued that transgender women<\/a> should be kept out of women<\/a>\u2019s rooms due to rape fears.<\/p>\n JK Rowling hitting that like button on a \u201ctrans<\/a> women<\/a> are rapists\u201d piece, if you were wondering whether to relax as a trans<\/a> person in the UK pic.twitter.com\/W5JvBmylPW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 weak but not giving in (@sistersinead) October 24, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \nRowling\u2019s \u201cmiddle aged moment,\u201d wasn\u2019t the end of her affinity with trasnphobes, with the writer once again liking an anti-transgender tweet last September. One again, she approved of an anti-transgender pundit speaking out against transgender women<\/a> in the media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I know everyone is obsessed with wizard turds or whatever but jk r*wling is doing a lot more damaging, insidious shit and pretending no one cares pic.twitter.com\/aJs2PXxjYS<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Goth Ms. Frizzle (@spookperson) January 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Rowling has penned a crime fiction series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith \u2014 and in one of the stories featuring detective Cormoran Strike, she introduces a transgender character.<\/p>\n In the story, published in 1997, a trans<\/a> woman<\/a> named Pippa attempted to stab Strike. The detective traps Pippa, demanding identification. Her ID reveals her birth gender, leading to comments about Pippa\u2019s Adam\u2019s apple. Pippa, meanwhile, is trying to make a break from Strike out an office door.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you go for that door one more fucking<\/a> time I\u2019m calling the police and I\u2019ll testify and be glad to watch you go down for attempted murder. And it won\u2019t be fun for you inside, Pippa,\u2019 he added. \u2018Not pre-op,\u2019\u201d says Strike to Pippa.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Rowling has never gone on record to make her views on transgender rights publicly known , until she does, we can only judge her by the company she keeps.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Does JK Rowling Have A History Of Transphobic Tweets?<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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