JKR also railed against a Taiwanese boxer, same thing as with Imane, and now apparently JKR has been canceled in Taiwan. Here's one of the articles I saw about it:
"Taiwan Turns Against J.K. Rowling for Stirring Olympic Boxing Gender Controversy"
Some excerpts:
"The gloves are off in Taiwan, where government officials and citizens alike are furiously denouncing J.K. Rowling, after the Harry Potter author weighed in on the culture war overshadowing Olympic boxing."
"Local politicians and journalists are taking jabs at Rowling, some Harry Potter fans have vowed to boycott her products, and social media users have defended Lin Yu Ting, the 28-year-old Chinese Taipei women’s boxer who has found herself at the center of a raging debate about biology and sports."
"While Rowling’s previous comments on transgender issues have not made a significant mark in Taiwan, despite the self-ruled island being more progressive on LGBTQ rights than many of its neighbors in Asia, Taiwanese society has hit back with force at Rowling’s perceived attack on one of their own."
“It’s one thing to criticize transgender issues, but our Lin Yu Ting is completely not transgender!” reads a post on X on Wednesday by national newspaper The Liberty Times. “If J.K. Rowling can’t even tell the difference in this, this editor suggests she focuses on writing novels!”
"Taiwanese Harry Potter fans are disavowing their love for the creator of their favorite fantasy series. “J.K. Rowling is suspecting Taiwan’s Olympian for competing as a transgender, I shall boycott all Harry Potter merchandise and movies,” one fan declared on a Harry Potter fan site in a post that was met with many comments voicing similar disappointment in Rowling’s remarks."
"“Let’s not even talk about the fact that J.K. Rowling’s opinions and stance on transgender issues in recent years have been very controversial. I’ll say just one thing: identity card number,” Keelung City Councillor Jiho Tiun wrote on Facebook, referring to Taiwanese citizens’ national identification numbers that begin with 1 for males and 2 for females and are rarely altered."
"“If she was biologically male and went to change her gender to get better results in competition, then her identity card would have begun with 1 instead of 2. Because no baby at birth would have schemed this way just to take part in the Olympics 28 years later,” Tiun continued. “This may make sense for a novelist specializing in writing about magic and wizardry. But in Taiwan, registering your identity and gender after birth is something that can’t be simpler.”"
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Date: 2024-08-15 12:34 am (UTC)https://time.com/7006869/taiwan-olympics-boxer-lin-yu-ting-gender-controversy-jk-rowling/
"Taiwan Turns Against J.K. Rowling for Stirring Olympic Boxing Gender Controversy"
Some excerpts:
"The gloves are off in Taiwan, where government officials and citizens alike are furiously denouncing J.K. Rowling, after the Harry Potter author weighed in on the culture war overshadowing Olympic boxing."
"Local politicians and journalists are taking jabs at Rowling, some Harry Potter fans have vowed to boycott her products, and social media users have defended Lin Yu Ting, the 28-year-old Chinese Taipei women’s boxer who has found herself at the center of a raging debate about biology and sports."
"While Rowling’s previous comments on transgender issues have not made a significant mark in Taiwan, despite the self-ruled island being more progressive on LGBTQ rights than many of its neighbors in Asia, Taiwanese society has hit back with force at Rowling’s perceived attack on one of their own."
“It’s one thing to criticize transgender issues, but our Lin Yu Ting is completely not transgender!” reads a post on X on Wednesday by national newspaper The Liberty Times. “If J.K. Rowling can’t even tell the difference in this, this editor suggests she focuses on writing novels!”
"Taiwanese Harry Potter fans are disavowing their love for the creator of their favorite fantasy series. “J.K. Rowling is suspecting Taiwan’s Olympian for competing as a transgender, I shall boycott all Harry Potter merchandise and movies,” one fan declared on a Harry Potter fan site in a post that was met with many comments voicing similar disappointment in Rowling’s remarks."
"“Let’s not even talk about the fact that J.K. Rowling’s opinions and stance on transgender issues in recent years have been very controversial. I’ll say just one thing: identity card number,” Keelung City Councillor Jiho Tiun wrote on Facebook, referring to Taiwanese citizens’ national identification numbers that begin with 1 for males and 2 for females and are rarely altered."
"“If she was biologically male and went to change her gender to get better results in competition, then her identity card would have begun with 1 instead of 2. Because no baby at birth would have schemed this way just to take part in the Olympics 28 years later,” Tiun continued. “This may make sense for a novelist specializing in writing about magic and wizardry. But in Taiwan, registering your identity and gender after birth is something that can’t be simpler.”"