JK Rowling Slammed Again for Transphobic ‘We Who Must Not Be Named’ Tweet on Women’s Day

JK Rowling has done it again. Another one of her tweets stirred up controversy as it was perceived to be transphobic. In a tweet on International Women’s Day, Rowling wrote, “Apparently, under a Labour government, today will become We Who Must Not Be Named Day.” In a thread, Rowling was criticising Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill which would make it easier for citizens to legally change their gender. “The law @NicolaSturgeon’s trying to pass in Scotland will harm the most vulnerable women in society: those seeking help after male violence/rape and incarcerated women. Statistics show that imprisoned women are already far more likely to have been previously abused,” she had earlier tweeted. The tweets on March 8 came after a BBC interview of Anneliese Dodds, Chair of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom, reports Newsweek.

In the interview, Dodds spoke about how there are different definitions of what constitutes a woman. Referring to it, Rowling tweeted, “Someone please send the Shadow Minister for Equalities a dictionary and a backbone. #HappyInternationalWomensDay”. She then went on to appreciate Women’s Rights Network’s Woman of the Year 2022 Joanna Cherry in a tweet, writing, “This is what a woman who owns a dictionary and a backbone looks like.”