7 months ago

Play set to debut at Edinburgh Fringe which criticises Harry Potter author JK Rowling's views on gender struggling to cast women as 90 actresses reject parts

A play due to debut at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer that explicitly criticised Harry Potter author JK Rowling's views on gender is struggling to cast women. Rowling, who wrote the Harry Potter series of children's books, has been harshly criticised for being an outspoken critic of transgender people. Rowling, who wrote the Harry Potter series of children's books, has been harshly criticised for being an outspoken critic of transgender people In 2020, the three actors publicly eviscerated Rowling for her views on gender and trans people The Telegraph reported that 30 women have turned down the chance to play Rowling herself, while another 60 have refused to play Watson. Emma Watson played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films Ruper Grint played Ron Weasley in the fantasy series Daniel Radcliffe was the first to call Rowling out It is not known whether Radcliffe, Watson or Grint have been attached to the series, which according to HBO executives could run for 'ten consecutive years.'

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

JK Rowling says there are 'no trans kids' and says NO child is born in the wrong body in response to online troll who accused her of 'hateful focus'

Daily Mail

The maligned JK Rowling has come under fire after stating there are 'no trans kids' and people cannot be born in the wrong body. Rowling has been the focus of controversy over the last few years for her views on women's rights and transgender issues as she repeatedly asserts 'sex cannot be changed' Rowling posted in response to a critic …

2 weeks, 5 days ago

JK Rowling admits she’s ‘cancelled’ over trans views after wedding anniversary post

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

HBO Reveals J.K. Rowling's Participation In Upcoming 'Harry Potter' Series

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the cloak of invisibility starts to slowly get lifted, more details are being revealed surrounding J.K. Rowling’s involvement in the upcoming “Harry Potter” TV series. In a recent statement from HBO provided to Variety and The Wrap, HBO said that it has “been working with J. K. Rowling and in the Harry Potter business for over …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

J.K. Rowling says people like John Oliver "make idiots of themselves" supporting trans athletes

Salon

J.K. Rowling is going head-to-head with fellow Brit John Oliver. The "Harry Potter" series author slammed John Oliver for his comments on "Last Week Tonight," in which he addressed misinformation spread around trans athletes in high school during the 2024 election cycle. The British author, who has been vocal about her views on transgender people, blasted Oliver, stating he enjoyed …

3 months ago

JK Rowling’s feud with Butlin’s is a sad new low

The Independent

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Producers of controversial JK Rowling play at Edinburgh Fringe preparing for protests

The Independent

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Creator of controversial TERF play at Edinburgh Fringe says they would welcome JK Rowling

The Independent

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trainspotting’s Irvine Welsh weighs in on trans debate and JK Rowling

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

JK Rowling says loved ones ‘begged’ her to keep trans views to herself

The Independent

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Daniel Radcliffe refuses to rule out appearing in Harry Potter TV series

The Independent

8 months ago

JK Rowling row continues after she doubles down on mocking trans football manager Lucy Clark

Hindustan Times

JK Rowling opened fire on social media on Saturday, May 11, as she resumed her online tirade against transgender people. JK Rowling The British Harry Potter author's comments came as a reply to @prideukorg's Saturday tweet celebrating Clark's achievement: “Lucy Clark, the world’s first openly transgender referee, has made history by becoming the first trans manager in the top 5 …

8 months ago

JK Rowling doubles down on fresh trans row by saying transgender football manager 'IS a straight, white, middle-aged bloke'

Daily Mail

Bestselling author JK Rowling has doubled down in a new trans row by insisting a transgender football manager is a 'straight, white, middle-aged bloke'. Author JK Rowling, pictured at the premiere of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore at London's Royal Festival Hall in March 2022, has doubled down on new trans row tweets The Harry Potter writer has been …

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Daniel Radcliffe makes rare comment on JK Rowling fall-out

The Independent

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9 months ago

JK Rowling podcast reveals how Harry Potter author U-turned on promise to respect pronouns

The Independent

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9 months ago

JK Rowling trans row: Timeline of Harry Potter author with Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson

The Independent

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9 months ago

JK Rowling won't forgive Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson for their trans rights take: ‘Can save their apologies’

Hindustan Times

In the midst of renewed controversy surrounding transgender rights, famed author JK Rowling has once again found herself at the centre of a heated debate. JK Rowling says she won't forgive Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for their take on trans rights According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rowling's latest comments come in response to a recent report …

9 months ago

J.K. Rowling slams Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for supporting transgender rights

Salon

J.K. Rowling is hitting out at former "Harry Potter" actors Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for previously supporting transgender rights. The fantasy series creator, who frequently posts her views about transgender identity on social media, responded to an X user who wrote, "Just waiting for Dan and Emma to give you a very public apology … safe in the knowledge …

9 months ago

JK Rowling: Harry Potter stars would not be forgiven if they apologise to me

The Independent

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9 months, 1 week ago

Gender Question | JK’s Rowling’s new X post, and the limits of logical reasoning in anxieties that surround gender

Hindustan Times

Enough has been written about JK Rowling’s views on transgender persons, or, more specifically, trans women who identify as women.. She waded into it yet again on Saturday, when she wrote a long post about who she thinks are women, and who she thinks aren’t. In the beginning of her post, she talks about women and men as thus: “What …

9 months, 1 week ago

JK Rowling refuses to bow down to trans identity politics, challenges Scottish police to arrest her for not accepting biological males as 'women'

Op India

JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author who is often in headlines for her strong opinion on gender identity issues has literally broken the new ‘hate crime’ law of Scotland on the very first day. Notably, right after the Hate Crime and Public Order Act came into force in Scotland, JK Rowling took to her X account and dropped an 11-post …

9 months, 1 week ago

Lionel Shriver says watching Harry Potter actors speaking out against JK Rowling is ‘hideous’

The Independent

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9 months, 1 week ago

JK Rowling takes up case against cup-winning Australian women's football team which has five trans players - including one who scored six times in a 10-0 victory

Daily Mail

Harry Potter author and prominent gender-identity critic JK Rowling has taken up the case against an Australian women's football team which has five transgender players - including one who scored six times in a 10-0 victory. Author JK Rowling has reposted a story about an Australian women's football team so her 14 million Twitter followers are aware of the controversy …

9 months, 1 week ago

Police say JK Rowling committed no crime with tweets slamming Scotland's new hate speech law

The Independent

9 months, 1 week ago

SARAH VINE: JK Rowling is an inspiration, an icon and a hero. And while she's been let down by the Harry Potter stars she helped make... the women of Britain are behind her

Daily Mail

JK Rowling has chosen her hill to die on, and it’s fair to say it’s becoming more crowded by the minute. JK Rowling published a series of tweets yesterday in which she attacked the Scottish Government's new Hate Crime and Public Order Act What began as a perfectly legitimate movement designed to fight back against the prejudice traditionally experienced by …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

"Arrest me!": J.K. Rowling posts anti-trans rant, responding to Scottish hate crime law

Salon

J.K. Rowling has taken on Scotland's new legislation against hate speech in a lengthy anti-transgender Twitter thread posted Monday. Per ABC, Scotland's new Hate Crime and Public Order Act makes it unlawful to incite hatred via threatening or abusive language on the basis age, disability, religion, sexual orientation and transgender identity. The "Harry Potter" series creator known for criticizing transgender …

10 months ago

"You're engaging in Holocaust denial": Critics slam J.K. Rowling's latest anti-trans stance

Salon

J.K. Rowling, the British author known for the beloved "Harry Potter" series is in hot water yet again for her controversial views on transgender women. On the social media platform X, the author responded to post that challenged her: "The Nazis burnt books on trans healthcare and research, why are you so desperate to uphold their ideology around gender?" One …

10 months ago

JK Rowling under fire for ‘transphobic’ remarks, claims Nazis never burnt books on trans health

Hindustan Times

Once again, J.K. Rowling is under fire for her controversial remarks, this time stirring up a storm on X. On Wednesday, the renowned Harry Potter author found herself trending after posting comments denying the historical fact that Nazis burned "books on trans healthcare and research." As revealed by Scientific American, Adolf Hitler's regime targeted various marginalized communities, including Jewish people, …

10 months, 1 week ago

India Willoughby’s JK Rowling complaint did not meet criminal threshold, police say

The Independent

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10 months, 1 week ago

Author JK Rowling Faces Criticism for Misgendering Trans Newsreader India Willoughby

News 18

Harry Potter author JK Rowling is facing backlash for ‘misgendering’ trans newsreader and activist India Willoughby. “When men – all men, however they identify – are banned from women’s spaces, those who disregard the ban can be challenged, inside the space and out,” Rowling said in a lengthy X post. The news anchor, who holds a gender recognition certificate, claimed …

10 months, 1 week ago

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Ire: Furious trans broadcaster India Willoughby says she has reported JK Rowling to police over alleged misgendering, but author doubles down and says 'views are protect

Daily Mail

JK Rowling has been reported to the police by India Willoughby over accusations the author allegedly 'misgendered' the broadcaster. On Sunday, Rowling posted a criticism of trans women being allowed into women's changing rooms on X and in the thread she spoke about Willoughby and said: 'India didn't become a woman. JK Rowling has hit back after being reported to …

10 months, 1 week ago

JK Rowling responds after being reported to police over misgendering broadcaster

The Independent

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10 months, 1 week ago

UK: Trans activists reports JK Rowling to police, wants Harry Potter author arrested for 'misgendering' him

Op India

JK Rowling, the well-known author who penned the globally successful Harry Potter series, called a ‘trans’ TV presenter in the UK, India Willoughby a “male narcissist”. — J.K. Rowling March 4, 2024 JK Rowling refuses to bow down to trans politics, stands for women’s rights This, however, riled up India Willoughby who accused Rowling of ‘misgendering’ and “grotesque transphobia”. pic.twitter.com/iJMDmDeMaO …

10 months, 1 week ago

JK Rowling deliberately misgenders trans activist India Willoughby

The Independent

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

JK Rowling criticises Sky News for referring to cat killer Scarlet Blake as woman: I’m so sick of this’

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Stephen King’s shining plug of JK Rowling novel could signal end of trans row

The Telegraph

His praise for her work, written under a pseudonym, follows a public row over the issue of gender ideology, the idea that self-identified gender takes precedence over biological sex. Rowling responded with a lengthy post on Twitter, in which she included a quote stating: “Men often react to women’s words – speaking and writing – as if they were acts …

1 year, 2 months ago

JK Rowling claims she would ‘happily’ spend two years in prison for misgendering a trans person

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

J.K. Rowling removed from Museum of Pop Culture exhibit for her transphobic commentary

Salon

J.K. Rowling has been removed from a "Harry Potter" exhibit at Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture, due to her "super hateful and divisive" transphobic views. In a blog post published in March, the museum's project manager Chris Moore — who is also transgender — slammed Rowling's anti-trans rhetoric: "There's a certain cold, heartless, joy-sucking entity in the world of Harry …

1 year, 8 months ago

A timeline of JK Rowling’s comments about women and transgender rights

The Independent

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1 year, 8 months ago

Judy Blume says JK Rowling comments were taken ‘out of context’ as she affirms support for trans community

The Independent

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1 year, 9 months ago

Harry Potter series on Max: JK Rowling, Warner Bros get on board with HBO to adapt all 7 books into a multi-season series

Op India

For the fans of Potterverse who always lamented that the movies ‘miss too much’, there is finally some good news. Following the enormous success of the Harry Potter film series, Harry Potter and his friends are coming back to life on the small screen in a new decade-long television series. Discovery, David Zaslav, unveiled the new service, which combines the …

1 year, 9 months ago

Daniel Radcliffe says adults need to ‘trust kids to tell them who they are’ in roundtable with trans youths

The Independent

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1 year, 9 months ago

‘The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling’ podcast review: A timid inspection of the ‘Harry Potter’ author’s mind

The Hindu

If you live on the Internet, like I do, it is hard to have a conversation about J.K. Rowling without an eye roll, a nonchalant shrug or a shrewd hand gesture indicating we move on from the topic. She informs us that even a mention of the author’s name would attract accusations of mainstreaming witchcraft which would lead to Evangelical …

1 year, 9 months ago

Daniel Radcliffe: ‘If you’re going to talk about trans kids, it might be useful to actually listen to trans kids’

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

JK Rowling says she ‘absolutely’ knew Harry Potter fans would be ‘deeply unhappy’ over trans views

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

BBC set to renew JK Rowling’s Strike adaptation after apologising to author over trans comments: report

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

JK Rowling claims she was bullied off a Harry Potter forum she joined under a pseudonym

The Independent

1 year, 10 months ago

JK Rowling podcast latest: Author dismisses concerns trans backlash will harm her legacy

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

What did JK Rowling say about trans people? Harry Potter author brushes off concerns over legacy on new podcast

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

JK Rowling warns against ‘black-and-white thinking’ in new Witch Trials podcast

The Independent

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