J.K. Rowling Says She’d “Happily” Go To Prison For Her Anti-Trans Views: “Bring On The Court Case”

By Samantha Nungesser @samjnungesser
Published Oct. 19, 2023, 10:38 a.m. ET

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J.K. Rowling is doubling down on her transphobic views. According to the Harry Potter author, she would “happily” do prison time if the alternative means she has to comply with preferred pronouns.

According to a recent Daily Mail report, purposely calling someone by the wrong pronouns could be considered a hate crime that’s punishable by up to two years in prison under a Britain Labour government.

“I’ll happily do two years if the alternative is compelled speech and forced denial of the reality and importance of sex,” she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Bring on the court case, I say. It’ll be more fun than I’ve ever had on a red carpet.”

In the comments section, Rowling imagined what her life in prison would look like.

“Hoping for the library, obviously, but I think I could do ok in the kitchen,” she wrote. “Laundry might be a problem. I have a tendency to shrink stuff/turn it pink accidentally. Guessing that won’t be a major issue if it’s mostly scrubs and sheets, though.”

The author’s contentious comments came after she posted a photo of the words, “Repeat after us: Trans women are women,” which were previously projected onto the offices of the British Ministry of Justice.

“No,” she captioned the post.

Rowling first came under fire for her views on transgender people after posting a series of tweets to her social media in 2020.

“If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased,” she wrote at the time. “I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth.”

She continued, “The idea that women like me, who’ve been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because they’re vulnerable in the same way as women — i.e., to male violence — ‘hate’ trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences — is nonsense.”

While she claimed she “respects” every trans person’s “right to live any way that feels authentic and comfortable to them,” she added that her life has been “shaped by being female” and felt as though it’s not “hateful to say so.”