Production company HBO has defended JK Rowling after it was announced the Harry Potter author, who’s known for using her social media platform to share controversial opinions on trans people, will serve as executive producer on the new Harry Potter TV series. In a statement to Variety, HBO said: ‘We are proud to once again […]
British-born broadcaster John Oliver has defended trans athletes in women’s sports, saying there is “no evidence” they “pose any threat to safety or fairness.” Oliver made the comments during his show Last Week Tonight, where he dismissed concerns about biological males competing in female sports. Oliver, speaking on his HBO show, claimed the issue of […]
Retired tennis player Martina Navratilova has yet again come under fire for broadcasting her frustration about trans women, saying she is sick of them entering women’s toilets. Responding to a comment made by controversial Harry Potter author JK Rowling on trans women using women’s toilets, Navratilova said on X, formerly Twitter: “And they can just […]
Valentina Petrillo, the first trans athlete to compete in the Paralympic Games, has defended her participation in Paris and hit back after Harry Potter author JK Rowling called her a ‘cheat’ on social media. Petrillo represented Italy in the women’s T12 200m and 400m sprint events for partially sighted athletes after undergoing hormone therapy and […]
JK Rowling has revealed that friends and family “begged her” to keep her anti-trans views to herself. The Harry Potter author has been met with backlash in recent years over her outspoken stance on trans women, and her claims that trans women “are not women”. In an extract from a new book, The Women Who […]
Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe has again commented on JK Rowling’s anti-trans views, insisting he doesn’t owe her “the things he truly believes” just because she made him a star – and says he finds the situation “really sad”. His spat with Rowling, who has relentlessly attacked the trans community online, started after she called […]
Following the launch of his Netflix special, The Closer, comedian Dave Chappelle has addressed accusations of transphobia for the first time.
Brian Butler does a bit of queer time travelling with this Harry Potter-inspired dark comedy.
Philip Pullman has said that he is “anti-transphobia”, but also condemned the online abuse of author JK Rowling.
Tom Daley said it is ‘hard to understand’ Rowling’s anti-trans comments.
