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JK Rowling has launched a furious attack on politicians who have 'snuggled up' to trans groups, as the Harry Potter author insists she is 'ready to die on this hill'.
The 58-year-old called for there to be an investigation into why political parties are embracing the opinions of 'privileged' pro-trans groups such as Stonewall and Mermaids.
Her comments come just days after a review, written by leading paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass, found that teenagers in Britain have been allowed to change their gender based on 'remarkably weak evidence'.
In her report Dr Cass warned that there was a 'lack of high-quality research' on the effects of giving children puberty blockers and hormones and said that the toxicity in the debate over the issue has become 'exceptional'.
Tweeting her response to the report, Rowling said: 'In 2018, Stonewall literally told schools to shred a research pack saying there were risks to puberty blockers. We, in the strongest possible terms, denounce and condemn this publication. If it lands on your desk, do the right thing: shred it.
JK Rowling has launched a furious attack on politicians who have 'snuggled up' to trans groups
Rowling's crusade for women's rights has led to the former stars of her hugely successful brainchild, the Harry Potter series, distance themselves from the author
The Harry Potter author called for there to be an investigation into why political parties are embracing the opinions of 'privileged' pro-trans groups
'In 2022 Stonewall told the world that 'research' suggests two year olds can be trans. It advocated for nurseries - NURSERIES - to start teaching kids that there are more genders than boy and girl.
'Politicians have snuggled up to Stonewall and Mermaids, given them privileged places at the table and adopted their talking points, to the detriment of very vulnerable children, young people and women. When are we going to see this fully investigated? When will this end?'
A fellow X user replied to Rowling's thread of tweets, asking: 'I love your books, and I think you mean well, but I can't for the life of me understand why you are dying on this hill.'
The author responded: 'Leo, are you sure they were my books that you read? Because if you'd read them, and understood them, you'd absolutely understand why I'm ready to die on this hill.'
Earlier this week, Rowling said that she won't forgive Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson after slamming celebrities who 'cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women's hard-won rights'.
The multi-millionaire author hit out at stars who use their 'platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors' after the release of the long-awaited Cass report into gender treatment in the UK.
The vocal women's rights campaigner said people who supported gender transitioning in children should apologise to 'traumatised detransitioners and vulnerable women reliant on single sex spaces'.
Rowling has been vocal in her opposition of allowing children to change their gender, while Radcliffe and Watson have been outspoken in their support of the trans community.
Asked what she thought of Radcliffe and Watson, the writer wrote on X: 'Celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women's hard-won rights and who used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors can save their apologies for traumatised detransitioners and vulnerable women
