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Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling said Monday she had received a flood of death threats, as she slammed three transgender rights activists who posted her home address on Twitter.
Rowling thanked police in Scotland for their support after the activists tweeted a photograph of them standing outside Rowling's home in Edinburgh, with the address visible, on Friday.
Rowling said that she and other women who have spoken out on gender issues had faced "campaigns of intimidation", stalking and harassment, but vowed she would not be silenced.
The 56-year-old writer said she had received "so many death threats I could paper the house with them", and that "families have been put into a state of fear and distress" by transgender activists.
"Perhaps... the best way to prove your movement isn't a threat to women, is to stop stalking, harassing and threatening us."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said the force was "aware of this incident" and that enquiries were "ongoing". All three activists had shut down their Twitter accounts by Monday.
Rowling has been involved in a simmering row with the transgender community over her belief that women's sex-based rights should be protected.
The dispute began around two years ago when the author tweeted against use of the phrase "people who menstruate", rather than only women.
www.france24.com
That trans crowd is a tough bunch. They've posted her address online for starters, and she's gotten thousands of death threats.
She feels women's rights are for women only and has referred to women as "people who menstruate."
I was cancelled over some political cartoons I did on tumblr. They go after the people who defend you too, it's not just you. Rowlings is so big, they really can't do anything to her. Me, I was small potatoes and forced to give up.
Do you classify women as "people who menstruate?"
Rowling thanked police in Scotland for their support after the activists tweeted a photograph of them standing outside Rowling's home in Edinburgh, with the address visible, on Friday.
Rowling said that she and other women who have spoken out on gender issues had faced "campaigns of intimidation", stalking and harassment, but vowed she would not be silenced.
The 56-year-old writer said she had received "so many death threats I could paper the house with them", and that "families have been put into a state of fear and distress" by transgender activists.
"Perhaps... the best way to prove your movement isn't a threat to women, is to stop stalking, harassing and threatening us."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said the force was "aware of this incident" and that enquiries were "ongoing". All three activists had shut down their Twitter accounts by Monday.
Rowling has been involved in a simmering row with the transgender community over her belief that women's sex-based rights should be protected.
The dispute began around two years ago when the author tweeted against use of the phrase "people who menstruate", rather than only women.
J.K. Rowling reveals death threats over transgender row
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling said Monday she had received a flood of death threats, as she slammed three transgender rights activists who posted her home address on Twitter.
www.france24.com
That trans crowd is a tough bunch. They've posted her address online for starters, and she's gotten thousands of death threats.
She feels women's rights are for women only and has referred to women as "people who menstruate."
I was cancelled over some political cartoons I did on tumblr. They go after the people who defend you too, it's not just you. Rowlings is so big, they really can't do anything to her. Me, I was small potatoes and forced to give up.
Do you classify women as "people who menstruate?"
