J.K. Rowling defends controversial trans comments in lengthy essay
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nypost.composted Wednesday on her website comes just after the author was lambasted online for a series of tweets that argue “sex is real,” which offended transgender-identifying people and their supporters as well as “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe.Now, Rowling, 54, has outlined her thinking at length — and revealed her experience with domestic abuse and sexual assault for the first time.“This isn’t an easy piece to write, for reasons that will shortly become clear, but I know it’s time to explain myself on an issue surrounded by toxicity.
I write this without any desire to add to that toxicity,” she opens the missive.Rowling explains how she first drew the ire of trans activists a few years ago while she was mining Twitter about trans issues.
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