J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, is returning the Ripple of Hope award she received last year from the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization.
The decision comes after Kerry Kennedy who is the president of the RFKHR group, issued a statement, concerning Rowling’s comments about transgender issues.
“Over the course of June 2020—LGBTQ Pride Month—and much to my dismay, J.K. Rowling posted deeply troubling transphobic tweets and statements,” Kennedy wrote on August 3, before detailing instances in which the British author “wrote glibly and dismissively about transgender identity.”
Kennedy stated that she is disappointed that Rowling “has chosen to use her remarkable gifts to create a narrative that diminishes the identity of trans and nonbinary people, undermining the validity and integrity of the entire transgender community—one that disproportionately suffers from violence, discrimination, harassment, and exclusion and, as a result, experiences high rates of suicide, suicide attempts, homelessness, and mental and bodily harm.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/08/jk-rowling-distances-herself-from-human-rights
