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Apr 14 9 tweets 4 min read
JK Rowling is - I suppose safe in the knowledge that her supporters do not care about facts, evidence, or reality - asking for examples of the many, many times she has spread disinformation.

So here is just a tiny handful of those occasions🧵 Image Most recently, JK Rowling shared a falsely headlined story about a toddler being removed from a nursery with a fake claim that it was for "being able to recognise sex" that she apparently either completely made up or copied from someone who made it up.
Mar 13, 2024 14 tweets 6 min read
This is a bizarre but incredibly important interaction for understanding how JK Rowling's mind works post-radicalisation, and how cult movements and extremist groups are able to function in conflict with seemingly undeniable reality.

A small thread 🧵 Image ... Rowling makes a post suggesting that the Nazi attack on Institut für Sexualwissenschaft was "a fever dream" without a "source"

Alejandra Caraballo responds by giving sources. It's a well documented historical event. Sources are easy to find.

And then things get weirder... Image
Mar 8, 2024 14 tweets 5 min read
This was going to be a short post about yet another victim of JK Rowling being compelled to apologise...

... but unfortunately after a little checking up it's become a thread on how Caolan Robertson appears to be going above and beyond to throw LGBTQ+ people under the bus. For context, Caolan interviewed India Willoughby about transphobic abuse she'd received on Twitter from JK Rowling.

In turn, Caolan was also targetted by Rowling and received a pile-on from her extremely abusive fanbase.

Caolan used extreme language to respond to Rowling.
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Sep 12, 2023 9 tweets 5 min read
Irish writer John Boyne has - and we swear this is completely real - tweeted out a bizarre poem apparently attacking gay journalist Owen Jones over his public support for lesbian, gay, bi, and trans people.

The poem is very very very exceedingly not good. Image Owen Jones receives relentless abuse and harassment from "Gender Critical" activists due to his sexuality and vocal support for LGBTQ+ people. He has been attacked in the street by far-right homophobes.

John Boyne is that guy who apologised to Glinner.
Jun 29, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Extreme anti-LGBTQ+ MP Rosie Duffield instigates misogynistic harassment against a mother featured on the news because she is allegedly trans.

Duffield has been endorsed on multiple occasions by JK Rowling. She has never condemned Duffield's bigotry or abusive behaviour. A quick glance at Rosie Duffield's Likes is quite illustrative.

The fury at a mother simply existing while trans is bound up with fury at women for not "correctly" performing womanhood.

"Gender Critical" ideology is built upon misogynistic policing and enforcing stereotypes.
Jun 25, 2023 7 tweets 4 min read
JK Rowling has retweeted a post from Chris Rufo, one of the American extreme right's most influential and dangerous propagandists.

Rufo was the architect behind the "Critical Race Theory" moral panic, which sought to promote racism and forcefully censor schools and universities Here is Rufo outlining his tactics in promoting racism and demonising anti-racists.

He tacitly admits that, without genuine facts to support his position, his aim is to create a moral panic that will shut down critical thought and propagate lies and racist hysteria.
May 19, 2023 6 tweets 4 min read
So, a couple of days ago we did a post on writer David Baddiel Liking some rather unpleasant tweets by accounts that regularly attack LGBTQ+ people.

The comment section - as it is any time we make it clear we're an LGBTQ+ positive account - was... fun 🙃 Image It's hard not to feel some pity for the small handful of "I'm One Of The Good Ones, Honest!" LGBTQ+ desperately trying to earn their keep.

I'm sorry but no amount of far-right memes, vandalising Pride flags, or backstabbing queer folk is ever going to make them see you as equal. ImageImageImage
Mar 24, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Rosie Duffield, one of Labour's most bigoted MPs and a friend and ally of JK Rowling in her "TERF War" on trans people, has Liked a tweet denying Nazi atrocities against trans people.

The tweet by Graham "Glinner" Linehan misgenders Suzy Izzard, who Duffield has harassed before. Image Some of the most famous pictures of Nazi book burning were taking during the attack on the Institute of Sexology.

Under Magnus Hirschfeld, a gay Jewish man, the Institute performed some of the first gender reassignment surgeries and lobbied the government for LGBTQ+ rights. Image
Mar 16, 2023 12 tweets 7 min read
In JK Rowling's latest - and potentially most bigoted and dangerous - diatribe against transgender people and the LGBTQ+ community, she implies that Harry Potter's Death Eaters were stand-ins for queer people campaigning for equal rights.

Yes, really. Buckle up 🧵

#JKRvsLGBTQ It is incredibly funny that JK Rowling has convinced herself that her nazi-code villains were evil not because of all the fascism and racism but because they didn't like people "disagree[ing]" with their opinions.

It's like she's been bitten by a radioactive Times columnist.
Feb 15, 2023 8 tweets 4 min read
Only two days after the murder of 16-year-old trans schoolgirl Brianna Ghey, which elicited horrific comments and abuse from numerous "Gender Critical" activists, JK Rowling happily boasts that she will be featured on a podcast called "The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling". J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling): I agreed to sit down with Megan In her announcement, JK Rowling claims that she wanted a "two-sided conversation".

Two-sided.

In a podcast that is literally titled "THE WITCH TRIALS OF J.K. ROWLING"

With, of course, a cis person rather than any of the trans people actually harmed by her bigotry.

#JKRvsLGBTQ J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling): I agreed to sit down with Megan
Jan 25, 2023 5 tweets 5 min read
"Just how reliable are the media when it comes to fact-checking their articles attacking trans people?"

Well, this week an incredibly obvious parody account claimed trans people wanted a song banned and pretty much every paper you can think of uncritically reported it as real. ImageImageImageImage A lot of people's first reaction to this is "Haha, look how stupid and gullible bigots are", but its important to understand for queer people it's a lot more frightening than funny.

Imagine how scary it is, watching the media uncritically amplifying obvious lies to demonise you. ImageImageImageImage
Oct 18, 2022 35 tweets 23 min read
JK Rowling, in the Scottish Times:

"it is dangerous to assert that any category of people deserves a blanket presumption of innocence."

Grim and genuinely frightening. This is the kind of extreme rhetoric you would only normally expect to hear from fascists.

#JKRvsLGBTQ Image The quote above comes from an article in which JK Rowling yet again attacks GRA reform and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

As usual, it is riddled with misinformation and unevidenced claims, none of which receive any fact checking.

So let's try 🧵:

#JKRvsLGBTQ Jason Allardyce (@SundayTim...
Oct 13, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
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
Aug 13, 2022 9 tweets 4 min read
... there are absolutely no words for this.

Helen Joyce, the anti-trans campaigner, has suggested that the fatwa declared against Salman Rushdie - who was literally stabbed yesterday - is the same as JK Rowling receiving criticism and mockery for her transphobia and bigotry. Helen Joyce (@HJoyceGender)  Free speech today is under even Update from Leo Kearse:

Actually JK Rowling is *more* victimised than Salman Rushdie - who, once again, has just been stabbed - because publishers are "too scared to even acknowledge [her] existence."

JK Rowling has a new book coming out this month.
Jul 26, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Imagine how incompetent a literary agent you would have to be in order to fail at selling books by white guys. Screenshot of a tweet by Jo... The comment section, as ever, is a delight Replying tweet:  "Ever...Based Optimus: "Well y...Tweet reply:  "That's ...Vanessa: "never change...
Jul 11, 2022 5 tweets 6 min read
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.

#JKRvsLGBTQ Tweet: https://twitter.com/EliErlick/status/1490799028401020Tweet: https://twitter.com/queermurphys/status/1527264815156Headline: Matt Walsh used trans people's Instagrams in his tKyriacou told the Daily Dot that he wants people to know how
Apr 11, 2022 5 tweets 5 min read
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.

#JKRvsLGBTQ Here we have the infamous Get The L Out, a reviled hate group that openly "stand[s] against [...] queer politics and transgenderism".

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

#JKRvsLGBTQ
Apr 3, 2022 9 tweets 9 min read
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…

#JRKvsLGBTQ
Mar 21, 2022 12 tweets 9 min read
Lauren Hough, who early followers might remember from our very first Thread, is heading for Twitter Main Character status again after her social media behaviour saw her removed from a Lambada Literary prize shortlist.

That is... not quite how she sees it.
The story began with Sandra Newman's promotion her new book, The Men, an upcoming "Gendercide" novel where the Earth is purged of its Y chromosome owners.

This announcement was met with questions, criticism, and scepticism by many members of the transgender community.
Mar 7, 2022 10 tweets 5 min read
Just when you thought there were no more depths to plumb, today JK Rowling seemingly decided to join in on a cruel "joke" mocking victims of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Full story & context below: The tweet in question appears to be an attempt to mock the mental health of feminist writer Laurie Penny, who recently revealed that she had experienced CPTSD after undergoing an extensive harassment campaign following the publication of her trans-positive book.
Mar 6, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
JK Rowling is trending - again - after another attack in her ongoing "TERF War" against the trans community.

The author told her 13.9 million twitter followers that the long overdue Scottish GRA reform will "harm the most vulnerable women in society".

It is, of course, a lie... Rowling's statement seems to echo a common "Gender Critical" conspiracy theory which claims that GRA reform will allow trans women access to women's spaces:

• GRA reform does not have anything to do with access
• That access was already established in the 2010 Equalities Act