J.K. Rowling returning human rights award after Kennedy organization accuses her of being transphobic
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foxnews.comJ.K. Rowling is returning a coveted Ripple of Hope Award presented to her by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization in Dec.
2019 after recent remarks from the organization’s president criticizing the author for tweets and statements the organization deemed transphobic. "Over the course of June 2020 – LGBTQ Pride Month – and much to my dismay, J.K.
Rowling posted deeply troubling transphobic tweets and statements,” Kerry Kennedy wrote in a memo on the organization’s website on Aug.
3. "On June 6, she tweeted an article headlined 'Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate.' She wrote glibly and dismissively about transgender identity: ‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for.
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