{"id":370774,"date":"2021-11-22T20:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T17:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/j-k-rowling-slams-trans-activists-for-sharing-address-on-twitter\/"},"modified":"2021-11-22T20:20:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T17:20:08","slug":"j-k-rowling-slams-trans-activists-for-sharing-address-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/j-k-rowling-slams-trans-activists-for-sharing-address-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"#J.K. Rowling slams trans activists for sharing address on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#J.K. Rowling slams trans activists for sharing address on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>There\u2019s been quite a bit of bad blood of late. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarry Potter\u201d author J.K. Rowling has put several transgender activists on blast for \u201cintimidating\u201d her by uploading photos of her UK address to social media. The 56-year-old fantasy writer condemned the demonstrators in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1462758324177444870\">fiery Twitter thread<\/a>, which has amassed thousands of likes as of Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast Friday, my family\u2019s address was posted on Twitter by three activist actors,\u201d wrote \u201cTroubled Blood\u201d author Rowling, who said she receives endless threats over perceived transphobic comments she made in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFantastic Beasts\u201d scribe identified the culprits as Holly Stars, Richard Energy and Georgia Frost, alleging that they \u201ctook pictures of themselves in front of our house, carefully positioning themselves to ensure that our address was visible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the pics showed the trio toting signs outside Rowling\u2019s Edinburgh home with the author\u2019s address clearly visible in the background, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10229991\/JK-Rowling-blasts-three-trans-activists-trying-intimidate-address.html\">according to the Daily Mail. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to assume that @IAmGeorgiaFrost, @hollywstars and @Richard_Energy_ thought doxxing me would intimidate me out of speaking up for women\u2019s sex-based rights,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1462759152837615623\">the mother of three fumed<\/a> of the alleged intimidation push. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/rowling-559.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Rowling says she's received endless threats over a series of Tweets she posted in June 2020, which many critics deemed transphobic.\" class=\"wp-image-20229833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/rowling-559.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/rowling-559.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/rowling-559.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/rowling-559.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Rowling said she\u2019s received endless threats over a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of tweets she posted in June 2020, which many critics deemed transphobic.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Activist Holly Stars said she later removed the photo after being bombarded with abusive comments on social media. All three have since also deleted their Twitter accounts, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday we posted a picture we took at JK Rowling\u2019s house,\u201d wrote the trans rights advocate, who is also a drag queen and star of the Amazon Prime documentary \u201cHolly Stars: Inspirational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cWhile we stand by the photo, since posting it we have received an overwhelming amount of serious and threatening transphobic messages so have decided to take the photo down.\u00a0#transrightsarehumanrights. Love to our trans siblings.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The tweet was signed by Stars and her compatriots Energy and Frost.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/rowling-Holly-Stars-580.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=717\" alt=\"Activist Holly Stars is seen in a theater production in May 2021 in London.\" class=\"wp-image-20230376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/rowling-Holly-Stars-580.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1076 1075w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/rowling-Holly-Stars-580.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=717 717w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/rowling-Holly-Stars-580.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=359 358w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/rowling-Holly-Stars-580.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\"\/><figcaption>Activist Holly Stars is seen in a theater production in May 2021 in London.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">zz\/KGC-158\/STAR MAX\/IPx 2021<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In her Twitter thread, Rowling <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1462758408994627589\">praised social media fans<\/a> for reporting the photo to Twitter support and shouted out the Edinburgh police department for their \u201csupport and assistance in this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The British billionaire ultimately deemed the incident par for the course given the amount of vitriol she\u2019s reportedly endured \u2014 which included a pipe-bomb threat in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should have reflected on the fact that I\u2019ve now received so many death threats I could paper the house with them, and I haven\u2019t stopped speaking out,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1462759297465692162\">the Hugo Award-winner tweeted.<\/a> \u201cPerhaps \u2013 and I\u2019m just throwing this out there \u2013 the best way to prove your movement isn\u2019t a threat to women, is to stop stalking, harassing and threatening us.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Indeed, this marks the latest episode in a trans row that\u2019s engulfed Rowling since June 2020, when she criticized an article\u00a0that used the term \u201cpeople who menstruate\u201d instead of \u201cwomen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who menstruate,\u201d she mocked in the inflammatory\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1269382518362509313\">tweet<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The writer defended her stance in a subsequent\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1269389298664701952\">tweet that read<\/a>: \u201cIf sex isn\u2019t real, there\u2019s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn\u2019t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That resulted in a fierce backlash from the trans community, as well as \u201cHarry Potter\u201d film stars including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/06\/10\/eddie-redmayne-calls-out-j-k-rowling-over-transphobic-tweets\/?_ga=2.213113492.1635508509.1606935747-1531269849.1605651085\">Eddie Redmayne.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More recently, in May, a \u201cHarry Potter\u201d-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>d event at a New Zealand book festival was canceled over Rowling\u2019s\u00a0remarks on gender. The author is also notably absent from the upcoming Harry Potter 20th anniversary reunion \u2014 although it\u2019s unclear whether her trans stance is to blame.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Rowling slams trans activists for sharing address on Twitter&#8221; There\u2019s been quite a bit of bad blood of late. \u201cHarry Potter\u201d author J.K. Rowling has put several transgender activists on blast for \u201cintimidating\u201d her by uploading photos of her UK address to social media. 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