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JK Rowling returns human rights award to group that denounces her trans views Update: Might have actually had it taken away.

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JK Rowling is returning the Ripple of Hope award given to her last year by the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) organisation after its president, Kennedy's daughter, criticised her views on transgender issues.
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...earlier this month, Kerry Kennedy, a lawyer and president of RFKHR, put out a statement describing her "dismay" over what "deeply troubling transphobic tweets and statements" made by the Harry Potter author.
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"The science is clear and conclusive: sex is not binary," wrote Kennedy, adding that she had spoken with the author to express her "profound disappointment that she has chosen to use her remarkable gifts to create a narrative that diminishes the identity of trans and nonbinary people, undermining the validity and integrity of the entire transgender community".
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"Because of the very serious conflict of views between myself and RFKHR, I feel I have no option but to return the Ripple of Hope award bestowed upon me last year," Rowling wrote. "I am deeply saddened that RFKHR has felt compelled to adopt this stance, but no award or honour, no matter my admiration for the person for whom it was named, means so much to me that I would forfeit the right to follow the dictates of my own conscience."
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www.theguardian.com

JK Rowling returns human rights award to group that denounces her trans views

Author ‘follows my conscience’ after head of Robert F Kennedy Human Rights group says her views are transphobic
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

UPDATE: She had the award taken away but is trying to change the narrative.
Veelk said:
Might be worth an update



She didn't return it. She had it taken away from her.

Kristopher Sharp's twitter is protected, so I can't find the tweet and confirm it, but figured it's worth bringing this to people's attention.
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Temascos

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Good that Kennedy stood up for trans rights, and man has JK Rowling self-destructed her reputation over the past year.
 
chefbags

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Already being super fucking rich wasn't enough I guess. Just have to take the extra steps to being an actual horrible person.
 
Gradon

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chefbags said:
Already being super fucking rich wasn't enough I guess. Just have to take the extra steps to being an actual horrible person.
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its like rich people get bored of having everything they can ever have so they try to take away human rights from minorities.
 
spookyduzt

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Honestly shocked that Voldemort didn't win in the end considering how closely JK aligns with his views. I wonder if she writes secret TERF deatheater power fantasies in her spare time.
 
Xaszatm

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Fuck JK Rowling and her continued anti-Trans stance. Glad that RFKHR denounced her for her views.
 
Molecule

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She waited until she was rich af and her stuff super popular before starting to show her true colors.
 
Yippiekai

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"I am deeply saddened that RFKHR has felt compelled to adopt this stance, but no award or honour, no matter my admiration for the person for whom it was named, means so much to me that I would forfeit the right to follow the dictates of my own conscience."

Or, in simple terms: "Your little statue can't tell me how to TERF"
 
Feign

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She's so fucking stubborn. Maybe if all these people you admire are telling you something then you should listen to them and not bullshit Medium articles, Joanne.
 
Unaha-Closp

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They should just say they don't want it and won't accept delivery of it. Don't let her be persecuted in her own mind and her terf friends' minds - it's what they want.
 
Keym

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I wish Warner would cut all ties with that piece of trash.

I'm looking forward to the day when someone finally takes her down for good.
 
Orb

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Imagine being this rich, famous, and successful and still having the world's biggest persecution complex. Fuck her.
 
Jotakori

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Lmao when you give back a gd Human Rights Award and yet somehow still think you're in the right.

Can she please just fuck off for the rest of eternity already???
 
Goat Mimicry

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If you told me years ago that I would end up hating her even more than my Christian friends who thought her writing was literally satanic, I wouldn't have believed you. How things change.

phonicjoy said:
They should've just taken it from her. Now she gets to take "the high road" .
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Not that I'm opposed to that, but the outcome wouldn't have been much different. She would just play the victim instead of acting like she's doing something noble. Either way, her fellow bigots will pat her on the back and she gets to feed her persecution complex.
 
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DozyHoneyBadger said:
For founding a charity committed to ending the institutionalisation of children worldwide as well as numerous charitable contributions towards causes including the treatment of multiple sclerosis, anorexia and numerous other things.
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Ah I see. Pity she couldn't extend that empathy to other marginalized groups
 
Aaron

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Is there a spell for making people pay attention to you?

Christ lady, there's a pandemic and black people are getting murdered in the streets by American cops, and you think this is the right backdrop to once every few weeks pop up and go "HEY REMEMBER ME AUTHOR OF BELOVED CHILDREN'S SERIES DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT I AM A TERF (WHICH IS A SLUR)"
 
It’s Time To Go

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Originally I was kinda sad Rowling's views meant I had to stop reading and consuming Harry Potter and cormorant strike, but the more we see she's too far gone, the better it feels to let it go.
 
Mona

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am i out of touch? no, its the human rights organizations that are wrong
 

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She couldn't even return the award with grace. She went out of her way to make herself look even more like a piece of shit. These people can't help themselves.
 
Westbahnhof

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If she had just kept to herself, the world would've one day remembered her as someone who created a beloved story.
But she's working so hard to become "author that turned out to hold horrible views, can you believe we used to love her stuff?".
WHICH IS NOT EVEN A UNIQUE POSITION! There's loads of those!
 
Fiksi

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When you hand back an actual human rights award for conflicting views, I feel like it'd be a good time to reconsider your beliefs on the subject...

Sadly not surprising, but it sucks hard that people will go that far with their bigotry.
 

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Handing back an award given to you by a human rights charity should probably make you reconsider things

or just continue to be a hateful garbage person.

I think we all know which way she's going
 
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phonicjoy said:
They should've just taken it from her. Now she gets to take "the high road" .
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What?

It's an actual, physical award.

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How do you suggest they should have "just taken it from her"?

Break into the literal castle she that lives in?
 

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I can't imagine having such a feeling of righteousness arguing against the rights of fellow people. Arguing AGAINST human rights. You have to think it's better for everybody if our trans family just didn't exist. It's just such a nonsensical, horrific view. Hateful, for no good reason. She wouldn't even actually benefit in any way. She doesn't benefit monetarily from her hate, so there's not even greed to explain it. She's just driven by her own feelings of righteousness that trans people existing is somehow bad.

Carrying that kind of hate in her heart is pitiful.
 
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