Whyte, who is lesbian, admitted that she shared some of Rowlings’ views around biological women’s rights and argued they were not transphobic. “It’s really funny that all the way from the UK where a world-famous writer has gotten into trouble for expressing quite compassionate and reasonable views, all the way down to tiny little Featherston. It encapsulates the whole madness of it quite well.”
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Author J.K. Rowling’s online discourse has struck a nerve with many in the LGBTQ community. Rowling has come under fire from many in the LGBTQ community about her public opinions on biological women’s rights in the context of political and legal evolution of transgender rights.
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