Social media users are criticising JK Rowling for posting a new “transphobic” tweet. On Sunday (12 December), the Harry Potter author tweeted a link to a news story by The Times titled “Absurdity’ of police logging rapists as women” with a caption many have deemed “upsetting and disappointing”. Reacting to the news, Rowling tweeted: “War is Peace. In June last year, Rowling sparked outrage for posting a series of tweets about menstruation that critics labelled “transphobic”. At the time, Rowling condemned that Forstater was being “forced” out of her job for stating that “sex is real”.

Source: The Times December 14, 2021 07:15 UTC