JK Rowling is returning the Ripple of Hope award given to her last year by the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) organisation after its president, Kennedy’s daughter, criticised her views on transgender issues. On receiving the award, Rowling called it “one of the highest honours I’ve ever been given” and said “Robert Kennedy embodied everything I most admire in a human being”. On Thursday, Rowling announced on her website that she would be returning the award. “Because of the very serious conflict of views between myself and RFKHR, I feel I have no option but to return the Ripple of Hope award bestowed upon me last year,” Rowling wrote. “RFKHR has stated that there is no conflict between the current radical trans rights movement and the rights of women,” said Rowling.

Source: The Guardian August 28, 2020 10:30 UTC