Every time she comes up it’s always underlined that she is super transphobic. However, it’s never been really clear to me what things she has said to acquire such a status. Whenever this is asked there is usually someone linking some two hour YouTube theory about goblin or a massive article that always feels quite tangential. If one is to be so notorious; wouldn’t it be a little bit more overt?
What did she say?
She believes that people born as male will always be male and people born as female will always be female. She doesn’t mind if someone born male wants to dress up like a woman or if someone born female wants to dress up like a man, but that’s all it is. Dress up. You can’t change your gender. It will always he the same as the biological sex you were assigned at birth.
Those beliefs don’t sound all that bad at first, but here’s a personal story. When my brother was younger he was into metal. He grew out his hair, painted his nails, wore bracelets and necklaces. He was also a bit chunky so had some man boobs. He frequently was addressed as “miss”, “mam”, “she”, “her”. My brother would correct the person and they’d immediately apologize and begin referring to him with male pronouns.
My brother isn’t trans. He was born male and wants to be addressed as a male. What if, when he corrected the people who misgendered him, they didn’t apologize. What if instead they continued to call him a lady because he had long hair and painted nails? What if they requested to see his penis or birth certificate to prove he is actually male before they address him as such? Those people would be assholes, right? Well J.K. Rowling is one of those people.