Novelist Judy Blume has clarified feedback she made in obvious help of JK Rowling, stating that they have been taken “out of context”.
The author, recognized for works corresponding to Are You There God? It is Me, Margaretadditionally expressed her help for the transgender group.
Rowling has confronted criticism lately from LGBT+ folks and organizations for her remarks about trans rights. She has denied being transphobic.
In an interview with Hadley Freeman forThe InstancesBlume is quoted as saying: “I like her [Rowling]. I’m behind her 100 per cent as I watch from afar.”
The interview states that Blume’s feedback seek advice from the abuse Rowling has obtained on-line, linking it to the backlash Blume has confronted prior to now for the transgressive content material of a few of her books.
On Sunday (16 April), Blume addressed the remarks on Twitter.
“I completely help the trans group,” she wrote in a press release. “My level, which was taken out of context, is what I can emphasize with a author – or particular person – who has been harassed on-line.
“I stand with the trans group and vehemently disagree with anybody who doesn’t totally help equality and acceptance for LGBTQIA+ folks. Something on the contrary is whole bulls ***.”
Final week, it was introduced {that a} new Harry Potter collection, tailored from Rowling’s best-selling kids’s novels, is being made for Warner Bros’ new streaming service Max (previously HBO Max). Rowling is claimed to be intently concerned within the collection.
In an interview shortly after the collection’ announcement, HBO chief Casey Bloys refused to reply a query about how Rowling’s fame and stance on trans rights might impression the collection.
You may learn The Independents‘s timeline of JK Rowling’s feedback about trans rights right here.