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Joanne K. Rowling has been at odds with sections of the trans community for years
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Joanne K. Rowling has been widely criticized for her public statements on trans equality.
Now the Harry Potter author has caused a stir again.
"No to self-identification," the author wrote on Twitter.
She is referring to a change in the law that will allow trans people in Scotland to change their gender entry without a medical certificate.
The application period for such a change should also be significantly reduced.
Rowling published a photo of herself with her statement in which she expressed her solidarity with the demonstrators protesting against the change in front of the Scottish Parliament.
She wears a T-shirt on which the Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon is allegedly described as a "destroyer of women's rights".
The word "women" is cut off in the photo Rowling shared, but the same shirt motif with this text can be found in other pictures of demonstrations.
In the past, the writer had repeatedly spoken out against the social and legal equality of trans women with women who were already born with female sex organs.
This brought her a lot of criticism.
Trans people or trans gender are people who do not feel they belong to the gender they were assigned at birth.
Rowling has been involved in a dispute with members of the trans community for around three years.
The conflict began, among other things, with a tweet by the author, who spoke out against the use of the term "people who menstruate" and instead demanded that women be spoken of.
Many trans activists therefore accused her of trans-hostility.
The author's comments also led to a falling out with some stars of the "Harry Potter" films, including leading actor Daniel Radcliffe.
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