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J.K. Rowling Blasts “Gender Taliban” David Tennant After ‘Harry Potter’ Actor Said “Whinging” Trans Critics Are On “Wrong Side Of History” (deadline.com)

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J.K. Rowling is embroiled in a fresh row with another Harry Potter actor over transgender rights.

Following exchanges of fire with Daniel Radcliffe and others, Rowling has blasted David Tennant after the Goblet of Fire star voiced strident views on those who speak out against trans rights.

During an appearance at the British LGBT Awards over the weekend, he called on British equalities minister Kemi Badenoch to “shut up” after she advocated for banning trans women from entering women’s toilets and sports teams.

In an interview at the same event, Tennant called transgender critics “a tiny bunch of little whinging f*ckers who are on the wrong side of history, and they’ll all go away soon.”

Earlier in the week, Rowling branded people like Tennant the “gender Taliban.” In posts on X (once Twitter) on Friday, she expanded her comments to address Tennant’s “wrong side of history” quote.

Rowling wrote: “This man is talking about rape survivors who want female-only care, the nurses currently suing their health trust for making them change in front of a man, girls and women losing sporting opportunities to males and female prisoners incarcerated with convicted sex offenders.”

She added: “For a man who’s supposedly a model of compassion and tolerance, he sure does want a lot of people to cease to exist.”

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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 55 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Rowling should have stopped saying things in like 2005 tbh

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

All she had to do was hold onto the ball and run out the clock

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Literally just take it to the corner flag and turn around

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand this sports metaphor but that's on me for chiming in on a British community discussion of a British celebrity that I do in fact no a little bit about. The good news is you can tell me its from basically any sport y'all like on the isles and I'll be like "wow so fascinating"

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Haha that’s fair I realised afterwards that you probably weren’t talking about English football, but the concept I guess is the same - to waste time in a match where they’re ahead and only a few moments of the game remains, a football player might dribble the ball slowly and without a sense of purpose into the corner of the field. There is a flag in each corner of the pitch, marking the point where a corner kick can be taken. Are you American, by chance?

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago

Yup! I was thinking basketball where once the shot clock no longer matters you stand at the top of the key dribbling and if anyone tries to steal it you pass to the corner

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Celebrities should stick to what they good at. Her writing the book should give no authority to her opinions, even if we agreed with her.

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

It's not like she's forcing anyone to listen. I agree that she's a moron, but I don't understand the celebrities shouldn't have freedom of speech take.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

No I'm glad she let us know who she really is