J.K. Rowling Responds to ‘Harry Potter’ Stars Signing Pro-trans Letter: Motivated by Fear

J.K. Rowling has doubled down on her opinions about the transgender community, writing a scathing essay that took aim at several “Harry Potter” actors.

Rowling shared her essay on X Saturday in response to a pro-trans letter with over 2,000 signatories, including “Harry Potter” actors Eddie Redmayne, Paapa Essiedu, and Katie Leung after the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” refer strictly to a biological woman and biological sex, according to the New York Post. 

Rowling was firmly in support of the ruling and did not hesitate to call out “back-stabbing colleagues” who she said are “motivated by fear.”

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