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HomeTrendingTrending GloballyJK Rowling once again accused of transphobia on Twitter JK Rowling was criticised for a tweet perceived as transphobic. In her tweet, she critiqued a policy that allows rape accused to identify as women. By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | December 14, 2021 5:38:24 pm Renowned author has been drawing flak for her transphobia yet again. Harry Potter writer JK Rowling caused a stir on Twitter as she shared a Times UK article titled ‘Absurdity’ of police logging rapists as women.” The article discusses a policy that will allow Scotland police to register rapes as being committed by women if the accused identifies as a woman regardless of whether they have legally changed their gender. In response to this article, Rowling tweeted, “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman”. This quote alludes to George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four and centres around the themes of totalitarianism and brainwashing of the masses. War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman.https://t.co/SyxFnnboM1 — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 12, 2021 John Burns, the General Counsel to the Carolinas Clean Energy Business…
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