Author J.K. Rowling (54, "Harry Potter") commented on her controversial statements about transsexuals in an open letter published on her website. In the essay, she defends, among other things, her right to express herself freely on issues such as transsexuality through freedom of expression without being attacked. Rowling explains that she did detailed research on transgender issues, including for her work on a crime series. Since then, she has had concerns about the threat to women's rights and young people who are negatively influenced by radical transactivism that no longer allows gender differences.
In addition to the results of her professional research, Rowling also gives personal reasons why she is so concerned with the topic. She is a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault. The trauma of these experiences affected some of their beliefs and feelings about women's rights and fears that they would be eroded. "I am not mentioning these things now to gain sympathy, but to show solidarity with the large number of women who have a story like mine and are described as intolerant because of concerns about same-sex spaces," she writes .
She advocates explicit female spaces
Rowling emphasizes that most transsexuals are not a threat to others, but deserve protection. At the same time, she didn't want girls and women to be less safe. "When you open bathroom and dressing room doors to a man who believes or feels like a woman, you open the door to all men who want to get in." Those opposed to advocacy for women are only those "who are privileged or lucky enough to never have experienced male violence or sexual assault, and who have never bothered to find out how widespread it is are."
Rowling had last weekend on twitter criticized an article that used the term "people who menstruate" instead of "women". The biological sex is a reality, the author led further out. "If gender is not real, the reality of life will be wiped out by women worldwide." Daniel Radcliffe (30) and Eddie Redmayne (38), the stars from Rowling's film adaptations "Harry Potter" and Fantastic Beasts ", subsequently opposed Rowling in two statements and advocated that trans women be women and trans men be men be.