Harry Potter author JK Rowling faces fresh backlash over series of ‘transphobic’ tweets
HARRY Potter author JK Rowling has faced a fresh backlash over a series of allegedly transphobic tweets.
Rowling, 54, posted a response to a headline referring to “people who menstruate”.
She wrote: “I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”
Several people hit back to point out it was not only women born women who menstruate.
Rowling, who is said to be worth £765million, responded: “My life has been shaped by being female.
"I do not believe it’s hateful to say so.”
She was blasted last year for backing a researcher sacked for tweeting “men cannot change into women”.
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Recently Ms Rowling announced that she is making a £1m donation to help homeless people and those affected by domestic abuse during the coronavirus pandemic.
The writer said she was "torn between pride and anxiety" for frontline health and care workers.
Rowling has been married to Dr Neil Murray, a Scottish doctor, since 2001.
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