“I’ll happily accept two years in prison if the alternative is being forced to deny the meaning of gender.”
In a post on JK Rowling is referring to a possible change in the law that would protect the identity of trans people.
“I will happily accept two years in prison if the alternative is being forced to deny the reality and meaning of gender,” the 58-year-old wrote in her recent post. She is responding to an article in the Mail on Sunday. This reveals the British Labor government’s plans to classify attacks on a person’s gender identity as a criminal offense. According to critics, this would mean that if someone does not use the correct pronouns of a trans person, it could be punished with a prison sentence.
Prison = more fun than red carpet?
She added that a prison sentence would be more fun than she ever had on a red carpet. In the comments, she joked with her followers about what job she would do in prison and how she would pass the time. She said: “I’m hoping for the library of course, but I think I could also work in the kitchen. Doing laundry could be a problem. I have a tendency to shrink things and accidentally turn them pink. But I think that won’t be a big problem if it’s mostly gowns and sheets.”
Rowling had previously spoken out about trans rights and was criticized and condemned for her comments. She sees herself as a “supporter of women’s rights and the importance of biological sex.” The debate began in 2018 when she shared a photo from Dazed magazine that showed the message “Repeat after us: Trans women are women.” The magazine had projected the news onto the British Ministry of Justice. JK Rowling commented “No” on the post.