We thought the controversy had died down since last June, but this is a decision that has rekindled the fire. British author JK Rowling, known worldwide for her Harry Potter saga , announced the award after the president of the organization that presented her criticized her views on transgender people.
The human rights organization Robert F Kennedy (RFKHR) awarded the Ripple of Hope to JK Rowling last year. But the president of that organization, Kerry Kennedy, said the writer's views "reduce the identity" of trans people.
These statements "wrongly implied that I am transphobic" denounced JK Rowling in a text published Thursday on his site. "As a long-time donor to LGBT associations and a supporter of the right of trans people to live free from persecution, I categorically refute the accusation that I hate trans people or want to harm them," she said. for follow-up. Due to the "very great difference of opinion" between the RFKHR organization and herself, the writer claims that she "has no other choice" than to return the award that had been awarded to her.
Daniel Radcliffe also joined the critics
In June, JK Rowling was accused of making comments deemed insulting to transgender people for a tweet. She had shared on Twitter an article talking about "people who have their period", commenting ironically "I'm sure we had to have a word for these people. Someone help me. Feum? Famme? Feemm? "
It has thus attracted the wrath of certain Internet users. The actor Daniel Radcliffe, interpreter of Harry Potter in the cinema, had joined the critics. "Trans women are women," he said. “Anything to say the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people. "
JK Rowling said she has been "inundated with thousands of supportive emails received from people affected by these issues, both inside and outside the trans community, many of whom feel vulnerable and worry about. because of the toxicity surrounding these discussions. "
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