JK Rowling's ËâË¡ circle of ¿®ÍÑ: Who »Ù±ç¤¹¤ëd author during bitter trans Îó¡¿Á椰¡¿ÁûÆ° and who ¼Î¤Æ¤ëd her - as Harry Potter creator says she won't µö¤¹ Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson

Harry Potter author JK Rowling's women's ¸¢Íøs crusade has lost her the support of many À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ës whose careers were ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ëd by the boy wizard - but she can count on a ¤Î¶á¤¯¤Ë ÌÖ¾õÁÈ¿¥ of »Ù»ý¼Ôs to »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë her up.

The ¾®Àâ²È, 58, who also Îá¾õs ºá¡¤ÈȺá novels under the male pen »Ø̾¤¹¤ë Robert Galbraith, has ÁȤßΩ¤Æ¤ë¡¿½¸·ë¤¹¤ëd a squad of ƱÌÁ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës who ¶²¤ì¤ë Éղà ¹çˡŪ¤Ê ¸¢Íøs for transgender people will ¡Êµ¬Â§¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÇˤ롿¿¯³²¤¹¤ë on the ¸¢Íøs of women.

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Her years-long ¡ÊÁªµó¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë±¿Æ°¤ò¤¹¤ë for what she labels 'sex-based ¸¢Íøs' has seen former Potter À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ës distance themselves from the multimillionaire writer - and ľÀÜ¡¿¤Þ¤Ã¤¹¤°¤Ë ɽÌÀ¤¹¤ë explicit support for transgender?¸¢Íøs.

The ½ÐÈÇ¡Êʪ¡Ë of the Cass Review, which ·ëÏÀ¤¹¤ëd that gender services for children were not making ·èÄ꡿ȽÄ꾡¤Á¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës based on »Ù±ç¤¹¤ëd °åÎŤΠ¾Úµò, Ͷȯ¤¹¤ëd her to say she was ¤¢¤ê¤½¤¦¤â¤Ê¤¤ to µö¤¹ À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ës such as Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for their ¸«²ò¡Ê¤ò¤È¤ë¡Ës.

But she has also won support from other Áªµó±¿Æ°¼Ôs who ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ë that giving trans people Éղà ¸¢Íøs will put women at ´í¸± - from academics to lawyers, some of whom have fought ¹çˡŪ¤Ê À臘¡¿À襤s on their ¸«²ò¡Ê¤ò¤È¤ë¡Ës.

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint (pictured left-to-¸¢Íø with Rowling in 2010) have all spoken out against JK Rowlin g's ¸«²ò¡Ê¤ò¤È¤ë¡Ës on trans ¸¢Íøs
Rowling has said she is ¤¢¤ê¤½¤¦¤â¤Ê¤¤ to µö¤¹ Radcliffe and Watson for taking the »ÑÀª that they have on trans people
She spoke out after the ½ÐÈÇ¡Êʪ¡Ë of the Cass Review - led by Dr Hilary Cass (pictured) - into gender-ÃǸÀ¤¹¤ëing care for children in England
Daniel Radcliffe has °ÊÁ° called adults 'condescending' for ɽÌÀ¤¹¤ëing ´Ø¿´s over children °Ü¹Ôing. Pictured: The Harry Potter actor in New York on March 28, this year
Emma Watson has also spoken out in the past in ÂÐΩ to JK Rowling's ¸«²ò¡Ê¤ò¤È¤ë¡Ës on trans people (pictured in Paris in 2022)
Watson has ·«¤êÊÖ¤·¤Æ spoken out in favour of trans ¸¢Íøs both before (ºÇ¹â¤Î¡¤¤ò±Û¤¹) and after (Äì¡Ê¤ËÆϤ¯¡Ë) Rowling's comments in June 2020
Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the Potter films, has ɽÌÀ¤¹¤ëd support for trans people but said he ¸«²ò¡Ê¤ò¤È¤ë¡Ëd Rowling as an 'auntie' which made his ´Ø·¸ with her 'difficult'

Rowling was criticised in 2018 after she liked a tweet ½Ò¤Ù¤ëing trans women as 'men in dresses'. Her spokesperson at the time said the like was a 'mistake', calling it a 'clumsy middle-Ϸǯ¤Î moment'.

But the author has since ¾è¤ë¡¤Ãå¼ê¤¹¤ëd on a ¡ÊÁªµó¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë±¿Æ°¤ò¤¹¤ë Áܤ·½Ð¤¹ing to Êݸ¤ë what she ½Ò¤Ù¤ës as women's ¸¢Íøs, fuelled by her own experiences of ¹ñÆâ¤Î ÍðÍÑ.

That ¡ÊÁªµó¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë±¿Æ°¤ò¤¹¤ë has seen her ¡Ä¤ËÈ¿ÂФ¹¤ë ˡΧÀ©Äê in Scotland that sought to make it easier for trans people to change their ¹çˡŪ¤Ê gender, and she has ¶¡µë¤¹¤ëd ºâÀ¯¾å¤Î support to those fighting Ë¡ÄºÛȽ½ê »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ôs challenging the ¹çˡŪ¤Ê status of trans people.

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Rowling later ´ð¶âd and opened Beira's Place, a women's ÈòÆñ in Edinburgh that ½ü³°¤¹¤ës trans women from its services under the Equ ality ¹Ô°Ù¡¿Ë¡Îá¡¿¹ÔÆ°¤¹¤ë.

She has ·«¤êÊÖ¤·¤Æ deliberately misgendered trans women in ÃÏ°Ì¡¤Ç¤Ì¿¤¹¤ës on social ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß, ´Þ¤àing high-profile ¿Íʪ¡¿»Ñ¡¿¿ô»ús such as newsreader India Willoughby, ƱÍÍ¤Ë as a number of ºá¿Í¡¿Í­ºá¤òÀë¹ð¤¹¤ëd sex °ãÈ¿¼Ô¡¿ÈȺá¼Ôs ´Þ¤àing rapist Isla Bryson.

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Rowling has ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd ¹ðÁÊ¡¤¹ðȯs she is transphobic, and police said ºÇ¶á¤Î tweets in which she misgendered trans women did not Íî¤Á¤ë foul of Scotland's new hate ºá¡¤ÈȺá ˡΧs, which ̵ˡ¼Ô 'stirring up' hate against transgender people.

In a Èó¾ï¤ËŤ¤ 3,600-word À¼ÌÀ on her website published in 2020, she said her »ÑÀª on trans ¸¢Íøs was drawn from her experiences of ÍðÍÑ and À­¤Î ¶¯½±¡¤¶¯´¯.

She wrote: 'When you throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he¡Çs a woman... then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside. That is the simple truth.'

But her June 2020 comments drew Åܤ餻¤ë from many of the actors whose careers were ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ëd by starring in the Harry Potter film series as children - ƱÍÍ¤Ë as those who have appeared in the spin-off series Fantastic Beasts.

Daniel Radcliffe, 34, who began playing boy wizard Potter at 12, wrote a blog for LGBTQ+ charity The Trevor »ö¶È¡¿·×²è¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë?¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ Rowling's comments?in which he explicitly said: 'Transgender women are women.'

He Äɲ乤ëd: 'Any À¼ÌÀ to the contrary erases the ¿È¸µ and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional health care ¶¨²ñs who have far more ÀìÌçŪÃμ± on this »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ë »öÊÁ than either Jo (Rowling) or I.'

Radcliffe also apolog ised to those who he said may feel as though their enjoyment of the Harry Potter series had been '¡Ê̾À¼¤Ê¤É¤ò¡Ë±ø¤¹d or ¸º¤é¤¹d'.?

Bonnie Wright - pictured here in Aberdeen last month - ɽÌÀ¤¹¤ëd support for trans women ¸ºß recognised as women in 2020
Katie Leung (pictured here ¤È°ì½ï¤Ë Radcliffe in one of the Harry Potter films) also distanced herself subtly from Rowling's comments
Eddie Redmayne - seen here as transgender artist Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl - said he 'Ʊ°Õ¤·¤Ê¤¤d' with Rowling's comments
Some Potter À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ës, such as Robbie Coltrane (pictured) have defended Rowling's »ÑÀª on trans ¸¢Íøs
Jason Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter series, said she had Ãí¤°d much of her fortune into 'making the world a better place'
Ralph Fiennes, who played Potter saga-spanning villain Lord Voldemort, said he could not understand why Rowling received so much vitriol

Emma Watson, who played school chum Hermione Granger, said in a tweet liked 842,000 times: 'Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without ¸ºß À䤨¤º questioned or told they aren¡Çt who they say they are.'

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The 33-year-old °ÊÁ° ³ôd an image of herself in a t-shirt reading: 'Trans ¸¢Íøs are human ¸¢Íøs.'?

Rupert Grint, °ìÊý¡¿¹ç´Ö, told The Times: 'I stand ·ø¸Ç¤Ë with the trans community and echo the ´¶¾ðs ɽÌÀ¤¹¤ëd by many of my peers.'

Grint, best known for his Ìò³ä as Potter's best friend Ron Weasley, later ½Ò¤Ù¤ëd Rowling as an 'auntie', Îá¾õing in 2022: 'I don¡Çt ¤ä¤à¤òÆÀ¤º agree with everything my auntie says, but she¡Çs still my auntie. It¡Çs a tricky one.'

An array of other Potter À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ës, from Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) and Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley) to Eddie Redmayne and Katie Leung (Cho Chang) have also spoken out against Rowling's comments.

Wright said ´Êñ¤Ë in a tweet ¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ Rowling's comments: 'Transwomen are women. I see and love you.'?

Leung started a thread on Twitter in 2020 that ¼ñ»Ýd to ¿½¤·¹þ¤à¡¿¿½¤·½Ð her thoughts on Cho Chang's character - before ³ôing links to a number of organisations supporting transgender people of colour.

Redmayne, who played protagonist ¥¤¥â¥ê Scamander in spin-off series Fantastic Beasts, said: 'I Ʊ°Õ¤·¤Ê¤¤ with Jo¡ Çs comments. Trans women are women, trans men are men and Èó¡¤ÉÔ¡¤Ìµ-binary ¿È¸µs are valid.??

'They ´Êñ¤Ë want to live their lives Ê¿ÏÂŪ¤Ë and it¡Çs time to let them do so.'

He played transgender artist Lili Elbe, believed to be one of the first people in history to ¤ò¼õ¤±¤ë sex-reassignment ³°²Ê, in the film The Danish Girl.?

Åú¤¨¤ë¡¿±þ¤¸¤ëing to the reactions to her ½é´ü¤Î comments from some of those Âç¡Ê¸ø¡Ë»È´Û°÷d to her creative endeavours, Rowling said at the time it was 'nonsense' to ¼¨º¶¤¹¤ë she 'hated' trans people.?

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She Äɲ乤ëd: 'I º·É¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¦ÅÀ every trans person¡Çs ¸¢Íø to live any way that feels authentic and comfortable to them.?

'I¡Çd march with you if you were º¹Ê̤¹¤ëd against on the basis of ¸ºß trans. At the same time, my life has been ·ÁÂÖ¡¿Ä´À°d by ¸ºß ½÷À­¡Ê¤Î¡Ë. I do not believe it¡Çs hateful to say so.'

Rowling said last night on X that she was ¤¢¤ê¤½¤¦¤â¤Ê¤¤ to µö¤¹ those who had spoken out in support of trans people after her 2020 comments.

Åú¤¨¤ë¡¿±þ¤¸¤ëing to a tweet that asked whether the likes of Radcliffe and Watson would apologise to the author, '°ÂÁ´¤Ê in the knowledge that you will µö¤¹ them', she said: 'Not °ÂÁ´¤Ê, I'm afraid.'

Rowling now counts many »Ù»ý¤¹¤ës for what they say are 'sex-based ¸¢Íøs' ¤ÎÃæ¤Ç her ƱÌÁ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës, ´Þ¤àing those who gathered for a boozy lunch in London in 2022 (above)
JK Rowling with ϫƯ MP Rosie Duffield at the 2022 event at a cafe in Fulham, west London
Ms Rowling with Allison Bailey, the former barrister and ÁÏΩ¼Ô of the LGB ƱÌÁ. She ¹ðÁʤ¹¤ëd her former µÄ²ñs and Stonewall for º¹ÊÌ, winning against the µÄ²ñ
Rosie Duffield with Joanna Cherry QC, Member of µÄ²ñ for Edinburgh South West, who counts herself ¤ÎÃæ¤Ç Rowling's ƱÌÁ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës

'Celebs who cosied up to a movement °Õ¿Þ on eroding women's hard-won ¸¢Íøs and who used their ÃÅ¡¦¹ËÎΡ¦¸øÌós to ¸µµ¤¤Å¤±¤ë on the °Ü¹Ôing of minors can save their ÄļÕs for traumatised detransitioners and ¹¶·â¤ò¼õ¤±¤ä¤¹¤¤ women reliant on Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È sex spaces,' the writer Äɲ乤ëd.

But while Rowling has lost the support of many of those whose careers she ´ÖÀÜ¤Ë helped to ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ë, she has ÊÝ»ý¤¹¤ëd ƱÌÁ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës ¤ÎÃæ¤Ç other Potter À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ës?´Þ¤àing Jason Isaacs and Ralph Fiennes.

In 2022, Isaacs told The Telegraph: 'There¡Çs a bunch of stuff about Jo¡Ä I don¡Çt want to get drawn into the trans ÌäÂ꡿ȯ¹Ô¤¹¤ës, talking about them, because it¡Çs such an ¶Ã¤¯¤Ù¤­¡¿ÆÃÌ¿¤Î¡¿Î×»þ¤Î minefield.

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'One of the things that people should know about her too - not as a È¿ÂФ¹¤ë-argument - is that she has Ãí¤°d an enormous ÎÌ of her fortune into making the world a much better place... through her charity Lumos.

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'And that is unequivocally good. Many of us Harry Potter actors have worked for it, and seen on the ground the work that they do.'

Fiennes, °ìÊý¡¿¹ç´Ö, said in 2021 he could not understand the 'level of Áþ°­' directed ¤Ë¸þ¤«¤Ã¤Æ the author, Äɲ乤ëing that he ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë it 'Íð¤¹ing'.

He later told The New York Times: '(The) ¸ÀÍդΠÍðÍÑ directed at (Rowling) is disgusting, it¡Çs appalling. I mean, I can understand a viewpoint that might be angry at what she says about women.

'But it¡Çs not some obscene, uber-±¦Íã ¹ñ¿è¼çµÁ¼Ô¡¿¥Õ¥¡¥·¥¹¥ÈÅÞ°÷. It¡Çs just a woman Àâ: "I'm a woman and I feel like I'm a woman and I want to be able to say that I'm a woman".'

The late Robbie Coltrane, who played the half-µðÂç¡Ê¤Ê¡Ë gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid in the Potter films, also defended Rowling before his death in October 2022.

He told the ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë Times in 2020 that the author's critics 'hang around waiting to be ´¶¾ð¤ò³²¤¹¤ë¡¿°ãÈ¿¤¹¤ëd', Äɲ乤ëing: 'They wouldn't have won the war, would they?'

Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood in the Potter films, ºÇ½é said Rowling was on 'the wrong Ì£Êý¤¹¤ë of this ¿³µÄ', but later Îó¡¿Á椰¡¿ÁûÆ°d »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë on some of her comments in February 2023.

She ¾Þ»¿¤¹¤ëd Rowling for amplifying the ȯ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿É½ÌÀ¤¹¤ës of those who choose to detransition after believing they were trans - but Äɲ乤ëd to the Telegraph?that she did not want to Äɲ乤ë to trans people's '¶ìÄË'.?

And Tom Felton, who played Harry Potter's school nemesis Draco Malfoy, appeared to Èò¤±¤ë Áª¤Öing a Ì£Êý¤¹¤ë in a 2020 interview with BBC ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë 4.?

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He said: 'I am quick to remind myself and others that Potter for some ¿äÏÀ¤¹¤ë¡¿Íýͳ has brought more people together across the world and more À¤Âås than probably anything else has in the past 20 years and I'm quick to celebrate that.

'It ¡Êµ¡¤Î¡Ë¥«¥à from one person and that's her so I'm very ´¶¼Õ¤¹¤ë.'

Rowling has ¸òήd tweets with some of her ƱÌÁ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës, ´Þ¤àing Joanna Cherry and Helen Joyce (above)
Self-É۹𤹤ëd ²á·ã¤Ê feminist Julie Bindel (pictured) is ¤ÎÃæ¤Ç those Rowling counts as »Ù»ý¼Ôs

Outside of the realms of the boy wizard, Rowling has also ÁȤßΩ¤Æ¤ë¡¿½¸·ë¤¹¤ëd a squad of Áªµó±¿Æ°¼Ôs who say they »Ù»ý¤¹¤ë for 'sex-based ¸¢Íøs'.?

She ÁȤßΩ¤Æ¤ë¡¿½¸·ë¤¹¤ëd with many of them in Fulham, west London in 2022 for a self-¼«Çò¤¹¤ëd boozy lunch, with pictures ³ôd by many of those ¸½ºß¤Î online.

¤ÎÃæ¤Ç those in Rowling's sex-based ¸¢Íøs squad are Julie Bindel, the self-½Ò¤Ù¤ëd '²á·ã¤Ê feminist' and ¸¦µæ°÷ into ˽ÎÏ¡¿·ã¤·¤µ against women, ƱÍÍ¤Ë as several members of the ¡ÊÁªµó¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë±¿Æ°¤ò¤¹¤ë group Sex »öÊÁs and some MPs.

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Bindel said this week?the Cass Review gives 'validation... to Áªµó±¿Æ°¼Ôs who have pleaded so long for sanity' on transgender ÌäÂ꡿ȯ¹Ô¤¹¤ës.

Helen Joyce, the gender-ÈãȽŪ¤Ê ¹ÔÆ°¼çµÁ¼Ô and author of Èó¡¤ÉÔ¡¤Ìµ-fiction Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë Trans, is also ¤ÎÃæ¤Ç those counting themselves as an ƱÌÁ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë of the Harry Potter author.

Joyce, who ½Ò¤Ù¤ëd herself in a February À¼ÌÀ as 'È¿ÂФ¹¤ëing the pernicious ±Æ¶Á¡ÊÎÏ¡Ë of gender-¿È¸µ ideology', tweeted Rowling last month to ¿½¤·¹þ¤à¡¿¿½¤·½Ð ·ãÎå after the writer ºÇ¹âĬ¤Î¾ìÌÌd abusive comments she received.

Joyce said: 'it's not about what you say - it's because you're speaking at all. Keep going! xx.' She has ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd previous ¹ðÁÊ¡¤¹ðȯs of transphobia.

¤ÎÃæ¤Ç those also pictured ¥ï¥¤¥óing and dining with Rowling were Professor Kathleen ºß¸Ë¡¿³ô - an academic who ¤ä¤á¤ë her position at the University of Sussex after students and a Ëǰסʤ¹¤ë¡Ë union called for her to leave.

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ºß¸Ë¡¿³ô has »Ù»ý¤¹¤ëd for many years against µö¤¹ing trans women to Àܶá women's spaces, and has »ý³¤¹¤ëd a position that men cannot become women by ¤ò¼õ¤±¤ëing sex reassignment ³°²Ê. She ÈÝÄꤹ¤ës she is transphobic.

Other ƱÌÁ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës includ e Allison Bailey, the lesbian barrister who ÀßΩ¤¹¤ëd LGB ƱÌÁ, a charity that has ľÌ̤¹¤ëd ¹ðÁÊ¡¤¹ðȯs of transphobia; it says it is not ÇÓ½ü, but that its '¾ÇÅÀ¡Ê¤ò¹ç¤ï¤»¤ë¡Ë is ´Êñ¤Ë on lesbians, gay men, and bisexual people'.

Bailey crowdfunded a ¡ò550,000 Ë¡Äî »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô after her ˡΧ ²ñ¼Ò¡¿·ø¤¤, Garden Ë¡ÄºÛȽ½ê µÄ²ñs, ȯɽ¤¹¤ëd an Ä´ºº into her social ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß use ¤Þ¤Ã¤¿¤ÀÃæ¤Ë ¹ðÁÊ¡¤¹ðȯs of transphobia; she was awarded ¡ò22,000 in »³²Çå½þ¶â.??

¥Ú¥ë¥·¥ãÏѴ߶¨ÎϲñµÄ was ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë to have º¹Ê̤¹¤ëd against her by tweeting it would Ä´ºº¡¿Áܺº¤¹¤ë her tweets; but she?lost her »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô against LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, whom she ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëd had unduly ±Æ¶Á¡ÊÎÏ¡Ëd the µÄ²ñs in »ö¼Â¾å¤Î¡¿ÂåÍý against her.

She no longer practises as a lawyer, quitting the ˸¤²¤ë¡¿Ë¡ÄÊÛ¸î»Î¶È in 2023.

Rowling also has political ƱÌÁ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës, ´Þ¤àing ϫƯ MP for?Canterbury Rosie Duffield - who speaks out on women's ÌäÂ꡿ȯ¹Ô¤¹¤ës Äê´üŪ¤Ë.

In January, Duffield was ¡Êµ¿¤¤¤ò¡ËÀ²¤é¤¹d of ¹ðÁÊ¡¤¹ðȯs of transphobia ¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ an ÆâÉô¤Î ϫƯ Party Ä´ºº that was ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ëd after she liked a tweet from one-time comedy writer Graham Linehan.?

The MP has 'strenuously ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd' ¼çÄ¥s she is transphobic and said the Ä´ºº¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë had '´°Á´¤Ë exonerated' her of any such ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës.

Some of the ÃÏ°Ì¡¤Ç¤Ì¿¤¹¤ës made by JK Rowling on X/Twitter on transgender women, which police say did not ²ñ¹ç¡¤²ñ¤¦ the ÈȺá¤Î threshold when ººÄꤹ¤ë¡¿¡ÊÀǶâ¤Ê¤É¤ò¡Ë²Ý¤¹d under Scotland's new hate ºá¡¤ÈȺá ˡΧs

¤É¤³¤«¤è¤½¤Ç on the political spectrum, Rowling also counts SNP MP Joanna Cherry as an ƱÌÁ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë. Cherry is a lesbian and a ºÇ¹â¤Î¡¤¤ò±Û¤¹ lawyer, taking silk as a then-Queen's Counsel in 2009.

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The Harry Potter author wished the Edinburgh South West Âåɽ¼Ô¡¿¹ñ²ñµÄ°÷ a happy birthday on X last month, calling her a 'ͦ´º¤ËΩ¤Á¸þ¤«¤¦ and brilliant friend'.

Cherry Åú¤¨¤ë¡¿±þ¤¸¤ëd: 'Thank you! So proud to call you a friend for so many ¿äÏÀ¤¹¤ë¡¿Íýͳs but ¤ª¤â¤Ë for your courage & tenacity xxx.' She has ÈÝÄꤹ¤ëd ¸ºß ¡Ä¤ËÈ¿ÂФ¹¤ëd to the ¸ºß of trans people.

Rowling has also given her support to former tennis À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ë Martina Navratilova, considered one of the greatest players of all time, who has ¡ÊÁªµó¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë±¿Æ°¤ò¤¹¤ëd against µö¤¹ing trans people to compete in professional sports ¶¥Áès.

In 2023, Navratilova Åú¤¨¤ë¡¿±þ¤¸¤ëd to a tweet that ¼¨º¶¤¹¤ëd she had 'above ÉáÄ̤Ρ¿Ê¿¶Ñ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë testosterone levels for a woman' during her career in the 1970s and 1980s, Îá¾õing: 'My ovaries beg to °Û¤Ê¤ë.'

Rowling Åú¤¨¤ë¡¿±þ¤¸¤ëd: 'I f****** love you,' to which the tennis player replie d: 'This means a lot - thank you Queen :)'.?

Many of Rowling's ƱÌÁ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës also Äê´üŪ¤Ë ³ô one another's tweets on Twitter, now known as X under the ½êÍ­¸¢ of Elon Musk.

And aside from her famous friends, Rowling also ¸Ø¤ës an army of pseudonymous »Ù»ý¼Ôs on X who hang on her every word. Some ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ë that to ÃÏ°Ì¡¤Ç¤Ì¿¤¹¤ë under their real »Ø̾¤¹¤ës would put them at ´í¸±.

One said earlier this year: 'We¡Çre all fighting the same fight. Shaming women who for very good ¿äÏÀ¤¹¤ë¡¿Íýͳs remain ƿ̾¤Î¡¿ÉÔÌÀ¤Î doesn¡Çt help us.'

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