Rowling says views unchanged, vows continued legal support

J.K. Rowling says her views on transgender issues have not changed and that she will continue speaking publicly and funding legal challenges by women, in a new essay revisiting arguments she first set out in 2020. In the essay, published on her website on Wednesday, Rowling describes her involvement as having become practical as well as theoretical. She says she will use her money to help women who cannot afford to take legal cases and continue supporting women-only services for survivors of sexual violence. Rowling’s essay says her J.K. Rowling Women’s Fund continues to assist legal cases. It also discusses Beira’s Place, a women-only sexual-violence support service in Edinburgh that she founded and funds. The essay presents those efforts as part of her response to disputes over sex-based rights and policies. Much of the piece focuses on institutions and groups Rowling argues have influenced policy and public debate. She criticizes transgender-rights advocacy, government bodies, trade unions, politicians, rape-crisis services, and sectors including media, publishing and academia. She describes contemporary trans activism as elitist and argues that institutional influence has...