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You have not been caught by surprise by the latest statements by the writer Stephen King in which he reports that the author of the Harry Potter saga, JK Rowling, blocked him on her social networks for defend trans women.

The writer has behind her numerous controversial cases that unite social networks and their criticism of this community. It all started in June of last year, when she shared an article on her Twitter titled: “Opinion: Creating a more equal post-Covid-19 world for people who menstruate”, to which he added “People who menstruate.” I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”

‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?

Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate https://t.co/cVpZxG7gaA

— JK Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2020

It was then that Rowling decided to block writer Stephen King and decided to delete a previous tweet in which he flattered him. The reason? Discovering that King openly supported the trans community.

King showed his support for those trans women who “are also women,” as he explained. Some statements that seem to have prompted the rejection by the writer. “My opinion is that J. K Rowling is wrong about trans women. She Leave the shit and hate out of this, please,” he shared on her official Twitter account.

My opinion is that Jo Rowling is wrong about trans women. Leave shitty and hateful out of it, please.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 19, 2021

“I just think his belief was, in my opinion, incorrect.. We have different opinions, but that’s life,” the writer said. And he stated that he had been surprised by Rowling’s position because she is “very anti-Brexit and very anti-Trump”.

This is not the first incident in which JK Rowling has been accused of being transphobic. In one of his latest literary releases Troubled Blood, chose to turn its villainous protagonist into a transvestite serial killer who attacks women. This fifth installment of the saga about the researcher Cormoran Strike It has also caused revelation on networks and within the trans community.

The LGBT activists They claimed then that Rowling was spreading the message that “real” women should fear trans people with her new book.

The British writer published an essay to try to justify her position in which confessed that she had been a victim of abuse and gender violence and stated that she was afraid that “girls and women by birth are less safe.”

“When you open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels that he is a woman – and nowadays, as I said, gender confirmation certificates can be granted without the need for surgery or hormones – then you open the door to each and every man who wishes to enter. That is the simple truth,” he added the author. A position that has caused the rejection of several authors with whom it shares a literary agency and who decided to abandon it.

Like the actress and protagonist of the filmography of her books, Emma Watsonwho spoke about this situation and defended the transgender collective after the comments. “Transgender people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned,” the actress wrote on Twitter. A thread to which she added other messages of support such as “I want my trans followers Know that I and many other people around the world see you, respect you and love you for who you are.

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