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King Princess calls out J.K. Rowling over transphobic tweets

09 June 2020, 11:38 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

King Princess has uploaded a lengthy post on Instagram calling out J.K. Rowling over her transphobic tweets against trans people.

Last weekend, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling responded to an article on Twitter which used the phrase "people who menstruate". She wrote, "I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?"

The reaction on Twitter was largely negative, with many calling out the author for being insensitive towards trans men and women.

King Princess has since responded to J.K. Rowling's comment, writing on Instagram, "I am not the person you will find calling out people on the internet, but that being said this one is personal. JK Rowling ...why I find your comments so disconcerting ... damn there are so many reasons. First of all, I don’t think especially now, that you realise the accidental queer haven you created in your books for so many kids within the lgbt spectrum."

"Right now you are telling countless trans/femme kids that they basically didn’t deserve to be a part of that Utopia," King Princess continues. "That you pretty much negate the presence of their identities in this world. And the worst part of all is that you feel attacked? You feel like your womanhood is attacked by a movement towards trans equality? What does this AT ALL have to do with you and your womanhood and why do you feel so angry? Are you scared that the inclusion of trans femme people somehow erases you? Do you see the swarths of cisgender white woman agreeing with you on twitter and basically unifying over the erasure or trans bodies? Do you see that by talking you are refusing to listen to a group of people are being murdered, beaten, and left unprotected by the law everyday."

King Princess adds, "Because I know, and so many others know that you, as a white cis gender woman, have had a lot more years of systematic privilege and power than trans folks. Separating cis women from trans women is exactly what allows this systematic privilege/hierarchy to continue. So please ask yourself why you are talking, why you are disrupting this movement with your confusing words, and why, as a writer, you feel the need to attack a group of people who most likely sustained your business for many years. Bye."

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I am not the person you will find calling out people on the internet, but that being said this one is personal. JK Rowling ...why I find your comments so disconcerting ... damn there are so many reasons. First of all, I don’t think especially now, that you realize the accidental queer haven you created in your books for so many kids within the lgbt spectrum. Right now you are telling countless trans/femme kids that they basically didn’t deserve to be a part of that Utopia. That you pretty much negate the presence of their identities in this world. And the worst part of all is that you feel attacked? You feel like your womanhood is attacked by a movement towards trans equality? What does this AT ALL have to do with you and your womanhood and why do you feel so angry? Are you scared that the inclusion of trans femme people somehow erases you? Do you see the swarths of cisgender white woman agreeing with you on twitter and basically unifying over the erasure or trans bodies? Do you see that by talking you are refusing to listen to a group of people are being murdered, beaten, and left unprotected by the law everyday. Because I know, and so many others know that you, as a white cis gender woman, have had a lot more years of systematic privilege and power than trans folks. Separating cis women from trans women is exactly what allows this systematic privilege/hierarchy to continue. So please ask yourself why you are talking, why you are disrupting this movement with your confusing words, and why, as a writer, you feel the need to attack a group of people who most likely sustained your business for many years. Bye

A post shared by miss king (@kingprincess69) on Jun 7, 2020 at 2:56pm PDT

Halsey, Tegan and Sara, and Daniel Radcliffe have also criticised J.K. Rowling's transphobic comments.
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