Rowling’s comment deeply hurt many of her millions of fans - including me. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” Rowling tweeted, seeming to imply that all people who menstruate are women and that only people who menstruate are women. “I’m sure there used to be a word for those people.

On June 6, she appeared to openly belittle transgender people when she mocked a news headline about “people who menstruate.” Though Rowling was met with massive backlash at the time, she’s continued to express these views. Many Harry Potter fans had previously voiced concerns that Rowling might be anti-trans, but despite their efforts, the author’s apparent TERFism wasn’t widely discussed until December 2019, when she suddenly tweeted in support of a British TERF at the center of a highly publicized court case. Over the past few years, Rowling has made several statements that suggest a growing alliance with TERFism - trans-exclusionary radical feminism, or the belief that trans women aren’t women and that biological sex is the only factor that determines someone’s gender. Last weekend, as Harry Potter fans the world over were still reeling from the latest round of anti-trans comments made by author J.K.

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