J.K. Rowling says she would “happily” do prison time for her transgender views
nme.comJ.K. Rowling has said she would “happily” go to prison rather than refer to transgender women as “women”.On Tuesday (October 17), the Harry Potter author posted an image on X which showed the slogan, “Repeat after us: trans women are women,” with the caption: “No.”In response, a commenter appeared to refer to a report on The Mail On Sunday, which said Labour are looking to introduce plans to make deliberately using the wrong pronouns a hate crime, which could result in a prison sentence.“Vote Labour, get a two year stretch!” the reply read.
In response, Rowling said she would do prison time to stand by her views.“I’ll happily do two years if the alternative is compelled speech and forced denial of the reality and importance of sex,” she wrote. “Bring on the court case, I say.
It’ll be more fun than I’ve ever had on a red carpet.”No. pic.twitter.com/YhoHfKdeat— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) October 17, 2023I'll happily do two years if the alternative is compelled speech and forced denial of the reality and importance of sex.
Bring on the court case, I say. It'll be more fun than I've ever had on a red carpet.— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) October 17, 2023Rowling went onto jokingly describe her hopes for prison duties, adding: “Hoping for the library, obviously, but I think I could do ok in the kitchen.
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