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Critics pointed out Rowling’s views equated womanhood

займы на карту без отказов Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling started shock online from fans and individuals from the LGBT+ people group again on Sunday after a series of tweets blamed for being transphobic when dissents over disparity are seething internationally.

The tweets came in light of a feeling piece on worldwide improvement site Devex where Rowling resented with the feature “creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate”.

“‘People who menstruate’. I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” Rowling said late Saturday.

Critics called attention to Rowling’s perspectives likened womanhood with monthly cycle while numerous trans men bleed and numerous other ladies don’t.

“You can write a whole magical world but can’t fathom that trans men exist? I haven’t had a period since 2017 – has my womanhood been paused until I can summon one?” said British author and relationship advice columnist Beth McColl.

Rowling, 54, said her comments were not intended to offend the trans community and only meant to highlight that “sex is real and has lived consequences”.

“I respect every trans person’s right to live any way that feels authentic and comfortable to them. I’d march with you if you were discriminated against on the basis of being trans, Rowling wrote on Twitter.

“At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female. I do not believe it’s hateful to say so.”

A representative for Rowling declined to include further remark.

The British creator has experienced harsh criticism for her perspectives about the LGBT+ people group previously.

Last December she upheld a lady who was terminated for tweeting that individuals can’t change their natural sex. She has likewise been scrutinized for adding a gay relationship to her “Harry Potter” arrangement after the book was distributed.

Lately banters between trans activists and women’s activists have seethed over what it is to be a lady.

At the core of the discussion is whether the privileges of trans ladies are perfect with those of other ladies, especially as far as access to single-sex spaces, including ladies’ asylums.

Cara English of Gendered Intelligence, a UK-based trans rights association, said Rowling’s planning in reviving this discussion at such a tempestuous time in the battle for uniformity was “surprising”.

“As white supremacy and its bedfellows sexism, classism and fascism are being loudly challenged on the streets, it seems remarkable to be reheating tepid, essentialist arguments against trans people,” English told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“Let’s focus our energies not on chastising or even really caring what negativity comes our way as a community, but on making the world a better place for all of our trans siblings, especially our black trans siblings.”P

In the wake of the new analysis, some Harry Potter fans likewise returned to a long-running discussion about Rowling’s portrayal of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) individuals in her books with the character name “Cho Chang” inclining.

Cho Chang was the main Chinese character in the book arrangement.

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