J.K. Rowling is leaping to the defense of a student who claims she was driven from her private school after challenging the "transgender ideology" of a guest speaker. "Utterly shameful," the "Harry Potter" author tweeted Tuesday in response to a report of the story. "Add this to the tottering pile of evidence that people in education and academia who're supposed to have a duty of care towards the young have succumbed to an outbreak of quasi-religious fanaticism.The girl's crime?
Saying 'sex exists.’" Per a report from The Times, the 18-year-old student told the outlet, "The language (the speaker) was using was implying critical theory took precedence over biological reality in defining women. "When I questioned that, she said it wasn't an issue of semantics.
She said trans people don't have basic human rights in this country. Afterwards, I spoke to her and said I'm sorry if I came across as rude." The report further maintained that while other students were initially supportive of the student, they later turned and accused her of transphobia.
The student ultimately left the school in September after she said personnel told her she would be relegated to working in the school’s library if she said anything provocative.
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