Author JK Rowling answered a question about transphobia on the JK Rowling Witch Hunt podcast. Creator of the Harry Potter universe quotes Variation.
According to Rowling, she didn’t want her words about trans women to offend anyone, and noted that she’s not worried about her creative legacy after the transphobic scandals. “I don’t walk around the house thinking I’ll leave it behind. What an ostentatious life it would be to wander around worrying about your creative legacy. I will die. I care about today, about life, ”she said.
Prior to that, JK Rowling repeatedly posted on Twitter in support of the binary gender system and spoke ironically about transgender people causing media scandals.
Formerly BBC Radio apologized Second time in a month to writer JK Rowling accused of being transphobic on Good Morning Scotland live broadcast. During the broadcast, a transgender woman called for a boycott of the Harry Potter video game Hogwarts Legacy because the proceeds go to “funding the anti-trans movement.”