Here are a few things to know about the new podcast, 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling,' with its first two episodes released Tuesday, as well as Rowling's history of harmful comments.
For years, J.K. Rowling, one of the best-selling authors of all time, has made inflammatory comments about transgender people, particularly trans women, using dehumanizing language and baselessly accusing them of harming cisgender women. Her words have disappointed legions of"Harry Potter" fans and even the stars who brought Rowling's books to life.
For most of the podcast's first two episodes, Phelps-Roper and Rowling didn't directly address the author's anti-trans comments. Rowling's remark about being"misunderstood" appeared in its entirety, but it was more within the context of her legacy and what her critics have said about how she could have remained beloved if she hadn't made certain comments on social media.
The second episode recounted how many groups, particularly those made up of conservative Christians, accused the"Harry Potter" series of promoting witchcraft and fought to ban it. Phelps-Roper mentioned that today, many of the most frequently banned books are LGBTQ stories. The episode ends with comments from Rowling's critics who condemned her anti-trans comments, which neither Rowling nor Phelps-Roper directly mentioned.
In December 2019, Rowling publicly supported Maya Forstater, a former UK think tank employee who lost her job after she criticized UK government plans to allow residents to self-select their gender on identification documents. Forstater has said she believes that transgender women who have undergone gender reassignment surgery are men, regardless of their identification documents. She brought a claim against her company, accusing it of discrimination.
This incident was one of the first to earn Rowling the label"TERF," or trans-exclusionary radical feminist. It is used to describe self-proclaimed feminists who try to police the boundaries of womanhood by excluding trans women from the category.
Trans people face a dangerous and difficult realityRowling's views don't reflect the realities that trans people face: They're more than four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crimes, per the Williams Institute, UCLA Law's LGBTQ policy think tank. The year 2021 became the deadliest on record for trans and nonbinary people, according to the Human Rights Campaign, with at least 45 people killed.
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