Report
On Wednesday, on the social network Commissioned by the UK Public Health Agency (NHS), the report concludes that the evidence supporting the administration of hormone blockers to minors is “weak”. Because of the “controversy,” clinicians are “afraid” of working with this clientele, even if they have a “similar” profile to that of many young people, writes the author, pediatrician Hilary Cass. According to her, these minors should first undergo a “holistic evaluation,” including screening for autism spectrum disorders and a mental health evaluation.
Anger
“Today is not a triumph, it is the exposure of a tragedy,” wrote JK Rowling on X, admitting to being “very angry.” “Children have suffered irreversible damage and thousands of people are complicit – not just doctors, but also celebrity spokespeople, unchallenged media outlets, and cynical corporations.” she said. A user wrote to her that he was waiting for public apologies from Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, knowing that she would forgive them. To which JK Rowling responded in the negative. “I’m afraid not,” she wrote, urging these “celebrities” to “save their apologies for traumatized detransitioners and vulnerable women dependent on single-sex spaces.”
“People who have their periods”
The series began at the beginning of June 2020, when JK Rowling commented, on Twitter (now X), an opinion text referring to “people who have their periods”. “People who have their period. I’m sure there has already been a word for these people. Someone can help me ? “, she wrote, ironically. Target of numerous criticisms, the writer – very active on social networks – continued her reflection thus: “I know and I love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex takes away from many the ability to meaningfully discuss their life. » She also expressed her fears towards what she describes as “new trans activism”. Many transgender fans felt hurt and discriminated against by her comments, arguing that trans women were not taking anything away from other women.
Celebrities get involved
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Daniel Radcliffe
The interpreter of Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe, was the first to distance himself from the words of the writer who propelled his career. In a statement posted on the Trevor Project website in June 2020, the actor wrote that asserting that transgender women are not women “erases the identity and dignity of transgender people.” Emma Watson, the interpreter of Hermione Granger, as well as Rupert Grint and Bonnie Wright (Ron and Ginny Wesley) also expressed their support for the trans community. Even Stephen King got involved: “Yes, trans women are women,” he wrote on Twitter.
Prolific career
That summer, JK Rowling used her Twitter platform extensively to question the use of medical treatments (hormones and surgery), arguing that transition was not the solution for all young people. The publication of his book Trouble Blood, in September, added fuel to the fire, because one of its characters, Dennis Creed, is a serial killer who disguises himself as a woman… to kill women. His novel The Ink Black Hearth, published in 2022, followed a cartoonist accused of being racist and transphobic. Despite the controversy, JK Rowling still ranks among the highest-paid writers in the world and is currently working on producing a new series Harry Potter developed by HBO.