J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, says she regrets not speaking out sooner on the issue of transgender identity, despite accusations of “transphobia” she receives, in an article published today in The Times.

The 58-year-old writer who lives in Edinburgh has been repeating since 2018 that women’s rights may be threatened by some claims of transgender rights defenders.

“I took the floor because otherwise I would feel shame for the rest of my life. My only regret is that I didn’t speak up sooner,” she writes in an excerpt from her collection of writings titled “The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht.”

“trans women are women” is profoundly misogynistic

She explains that she has come to believe that “the sociopolitical movement’s insistence on the fact that ‘trans women are women’ is neither benevolent nor tolerant, but in fact deeply misogynistic, regressive, dangerous in its aims, and authoritarian in its tactics.” .

He states that he watched this fight at first from afar. People close to her “begged her not to speak”, but she decided to “take the floor”.

J. Ms Rowling is particularly concerned about the permission trans women have been given to access women’s changing rooms, toilets and reception centres.

He got the ball and Harry Potter

The author denies being transphobic, but the polemic her views have caused has tarnished for some the aura of the author of humble origins who has enjoyed global success – with sales of more than 600 million books.

It has been the target of boycott proposals, including in 2023 with the release of a Harry Potter-inspired video game. Actors who played in the Harry Potter film series distanced themselves from the author. One of them, star Daniel Radcliffe, recently stated that he is sad to have broken up with J.J. K. Rowling.

Referring to the war, J. Ms. Rowling states that “no one who has lived through a wave of death threats and rape will tell you it’s fun” and denounces the lack of “critical thinking” on the issue of transgender identity.

“I think we’re witnessing the biggest attack I’ve ever seen against the rights of our forefathers, rights that they believed they had secured for all women.”