The Harry Potter writer, who has been accused of transphobia by LGBTQI+ activists for likening hormone treatment to gay conversion therapy and saying only women menstruate, joins 150 academics, artists and writers who signed the letter.
Author JK Rowling has joined 150 high-profile figures on an open letter claiming that free speech is under threat due an "intolerance of opposing views", after coming under attack for her comments about transgender issues.It cautioned that debate was being weakened amongst a 'vogue for public shaming and ostracism'
But they cautioned that this drive had also intensified a "new set of moral attitudes and political commitments" that tended to weaken norms of open debate and tolerance of different views, with a "vogue for public shaming and ostracism". Rowling has come under fire for speaking out on trans issues, including raising concerns that trans rights are eroding women's rights to single-sex spaces and suggesting young women are being rushed into medical transition.
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