J.K. Rowling reveals past abuse and defends right to speak on trans issues
published on her website, the writer explained in detail her research and beliefs on trans issues, and the concerns she has about how women’s rights and some young people’s lives were being impacted by some forms of trans activism.She also revealed that she has wondered whether she might have sought to transition to being a man had she been born 30 years later, and that she was a survivor of domestic abuse and of sexual assault.“I haven’t written this essay in the hope that anybody will get out a violin for me, not even a teeny-weeny one,” she wrote in the conclusion to her piece, describing herself as “extraordinarily fortunate.”“I’ve only mentioned my past because, like every other human being on this planet, I have a complex back-story,