JK Rowling flies into a libellous rage against musician Billy Bragg after Bragg agrees that media should talk to trans people about trans issues rather than JK Rowling.

In response, Rowling implies that Bragg has thrown his "support behind rape and death threats".

#JKRvsLGBTQ JK Rowling: Very much enjoy...
Billy Bragg has responded to JK Rowling's baseless smear with about as much restraint and decorum as humanly possible.

A number of LGBTQ+ rights supporters are attempting to "ratio" Rowling's attack in solidarity with Bragg.

#JKRvsLGBTQ
A furious JK Rowling has responded to Billy Bragg by smearing him as a misogynist and - bloody hell - seemingly describing his refutation of her libellous claim that he supports rape and death threats as "complaining that a woman has a view on woman’s rights."

#JKRvsLGBTQ JK Rowling: Hard to think o...
Update:

JK Rowling performed so badly in her attack on Billy Bragg that even the Daily Mail have been forced to fact check her.

For those unfamiliar with the Daily Mail, this is the equivalent of Fox News running a piece that points out Donald Trump is a liar.

#JKRvsLGBTQ Extract from the Daily Mail...

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JK Rowling has publicly praised an extreme transphobic propaganda film created by the anti-feminist, anti-abortionist, and openly fascist Matt Walsh.

That is not in any way hyperbole.

Walsh self-identifies as a fascist. It is literally in his Twitter bio.

#JKRvsLGBTQ Matt Walsh: "I respect the courage you've shown on thisWalsh: "I literally call myself a fascist in my bio. LoMatt Walsh, "Theocratic fascist"
This is the film that Matt Walsh tried to trick trans people into being a part of by creating a fake company.

He included images of trans people without their consent.

That is what JK Rowling is praising to her 13.9 million followers and has - presumably - watched.

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Apr 11
We're trying to make sure this account doesn't just become "Bad JK Rowling Takes"…

And today we are failing again. Because while LGBTQ+ people were protesting the Government's support for trans conversion therapy, JKR had a cosy meal with transphobic extremists.

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It claims the existence of trans women is "rape", which manages to be both grossly transphobic and insulting to actual rape victims.

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Regular readers may remember GTLO from a BBC article which tried to claim that trans women were raping cis women...

Based entirely on a single 80 person survey which the aforementioned Not Exactly Impartial group carried out on social media.

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Apr 3
We regret to inform you that JK Rowling is at it again.

Days after the UK government's decision that they would allow trans conversion therapy to remain legal, Rowling has endorsed David Bell, a man who has done panels for Genspect, the conversion therapy group.

#JRKvsLGBTQ
Rowling then followed up by doubling down on her support of Bell and highlighting a commenter expressing anger at her bigotry - completely ignoring the many replies with detailed criticisms of her position.

This tweet is going to take some dissection, so buckle up…

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Bell worked at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, but has never at any time worked for GIDS.

He has no clinical expertise working with trans children.

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