When confronted by critics who say her comments are "giving fuel to the right," Rowling fired back ,"You're giving fuel to the right!" Rowling." (Mike Marsland via Getty Images) Rowling was the subject of The Free Press' new podcast "The Witch Trials of J.K. JK ROWLING UNBOTHERED ABOUT LEGACY AMID TRANS CONTROVERSY: ‘I’LL BE DEAD' This movement has argued, continues to argue, that a man may have had no surgery whatsoever but if he feels himself to be a woman, the door of every woman's bathroom, changing room, rape center should be open to him. This movement, though, is pressing for something different, very different. Now, on an individual basis and I think many people new to this argument would see it on that level because many people of my generation particularly think that we're talking about old school transsexuals, people who've been through full sex reassignment because of profound gender dysphoria, and I feel 100% compassion for such people and I would absolutely respect their pronouns - always have, always will - and would want, as I say, to have comfortable, easy lives. "The thing is, women are the only group, to my knowledge, that are being asked to embrace members of their oppressor class unquestioningly with no caveat. Yes, I could understand that hurt," Rowling said.
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