Women must accept and admit that there is no material difference between trans women and themselves. She insinuates that elements of the trans movement are anti-women, writing: “It isn’t enough for women to be trans allies. She also touched on her experience of physical abuse at the hands of a man. She raised concerns about the effects on female healthcare, education and safeguarding, and freedom of speech, as well as cases of de-transitioning and the laws surrounding transitioning. However, we should have challenged Stacey Henley more directly on her claims and apologise that we did not.”ĭavis also acknowledged the criticism, too, tweeting on 2 February: “I think perhaps we got stuck because we were actually trying hard NOT to debate or the substance of her views. “This is a difficult and contentious area which we do try very hard to cover fairly and well on the BBC. “We do accept that there wasn’t sufficient challenge to the claims that were made and that we fell short here,” the BBC said in a statement. The segment received 199 complaints, claiming that the BBC “must remain duly impartial” per its own guidelines and citing that they felt it was an “unfair characterisation” of Rowling’s views. Stacey Henley, a transgender woman and editor-in-chief of The Gamer, appeared on the show to discuss the new video game Hogwarts Legacy, and during the chat also brought up the “transphobic views” of the author - a claim that Davis left unchallenged. The Hogwarts Legacy controversy is ongoing, as back in February a guest on BBC Radio 4 presenter Evan Davis' show spoke about Rowling’s “nasty views” and accused her of pushing “transphobia” and a “campaign against trans people”.
Rowling and her controversial views on gender and extreme feminism. Based on presale figures alone, Hogwarts Legacy is expected to be one of the biggest game releases of 2023 – though many have called upon fans to boycott it based on its connection with J.K.
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