“I’m sure there used to be a word for those people.”
J.K Rowling, the author of “Harry Potter” yesterday revealed that she is a survivor of domestic abuse and sexual assault.
Addressing the recent backlash, the British writer talked about her troubled past in a 3,95-word essay on gender identity.“This isn’t an easy piece to write. I’ve been in the public eye now for over twenty years and have never talked publicly about being a domestic abuse and sexual assault survivor. This isn’t because I’m ashamed those things happened to me, but because they’re traumatic to revisit and remember.
The 54-year-old billionaire also said she had spent many years thinking about trans issues because of her own troubles with gender identity when she was young. She also argued that “the current explosion of trans activism” has resulted in too many people undergoing gender reassignment surgery without giving it sufficient thought.
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