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JK Rowling slams trans rights activist who ‘fantasized brutal deaths’ of gender-critical feminists at Kellie-Jay Keen rally
JK Rowling criticized a trans rights activist who “fantasized the brutal deaths” of gender-critical feminists planning to attend a rally.
The tweets, from the now-deactivated account, described a car hitting activists attending the rally, seeing them “explode like garbage bags full of baked beans” on a windshield.
It appeared to threaten those planning to attend Glasgow’s Let Women Speak rally, organized by Kellie-Jay Keen’s campaign group, Standing for Women.
Ms. Keen, also known as Posie Parker, campaigns for rights based on sex and the protection of the word “woman”.
JK Rowling has spoken out after a man appeared to threaten to hit women’s rights activists with a car as he watched them ‘explode like bags full of baked beans’. Pictured: The author replying to the Tweet from the now-deleted Twitter account @sky_traffic
The demonstration, which will take place on Glasgow Green on February 5, was organized in response to the Scottish government’s attempt to push through the controversial Gender Recognition Reform Bill.
Tweets from the @sky_traffic account read: “I sure would hate it if someone drove their car to Glasgow Green on the 5th of February and ran over ap*sie p*rker and his friends with their car.”
‘What a horrible thing that would be, that I would hate. Me watching the country’s leading advocates for women and girls explode like garbage bags full of baked beans on your windshield: oh no!
One of the tweets targeted gender-critical feminist Kellie-Jay Keen, also known as Posie Parker, who is behind the campaign group Standing For Women.
The threatening words sparked outrage online, with activists calling it “disgusting” and “dangerous”, while others called for the police to get involved.
Ms Rowling, who has been an outspoken advocate for women’s rights, including the need to protect single-sex spaces, was quick to respond to the tweets.
She said: “Strange, isn’t it, but I have a hard time remembering any other progressive movement that attracted so many men who love to fantasize about the brutal deaths of women.”
He went on to add that the man was a “brave little boy” who “had been publicly advocating for a car to be driven at the Posie Parker rally.”
The public backlash against the author began in March 2018 when she was criticized for liking a tweet that referred to trans women as “men in clothes.”
Days later, in an online essay, Rowling wrote that her interest in trans issues stemmed from being a survivor of abuse and having concerns about single-sex spaces.
The Harry Potter author has been an outspoken advocate for women’s rights, including the need to protect single-sex spaces.
Despite continued criticism over the past three years, she insisted she doesn’t feel ‘canceled’ and announced she would fund a new women-only service for victims of sexual assault.
The writer has previously faced death and rape threats due to her views on transgender issues, including the controversial Gender Recognition Reform Bill.
If passed, the bill would lower the age for applying for a gender recognition certificate to 16, eliminating the need for a medical diagnosis of dysphoria.
But earlier this week the UK government vetoed Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to review gender recognition laws, with a former high court judge saying the chances of it being overturned are extremely low.
Ms Duffield, who has been campaigning alongside Ms Rowling for the protection of women-only spaces, was heckled by her own party last week after declaring she supported Westminster’s move to block passage of the project Of law.
A Police Scotland spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘We can confirm that we have received a report of online threats.
Agents are investigating.