J.K. Rowling

@jk_rowling

Author, founder of Lumos and Beira's Place, surname rhymes with bowling, not growling.

Scotland

jkrowling.com

Born July 31

Joined August 2009

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J.K. Rowling
@jk_rowling
Sep 11, 2025
If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal. If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist. If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian. If you believe
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J.K. Rowling
@jk_rowling
Oct 29
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Darlington Nursing Union
@DarlingtonUnion
Oct 26
🚨 Breaking: After a three year battle, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has finally changed its policy on single-sex spaces for staff to bring it in line with the law. It is amazing how simple it is! Now all NHS Trusts must urgently follow suit. Bethany
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J.K. Rowling
@jk_rowling
Oct 28
The electorate aren’t goldfish. Our memories are long enough to recall June 2024, when you declared that trans-identified men with penises should be able to use women’s public bathrooms. It took a Supreme Court ruling to force you to uphold women’s rights, and now you pose as our
Bridget Phillipson
@bphillipsonMP
Oct 27
The time for talk has long passed. This government is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to supporting women and girls. We'll back practical action to confine misogyny to the history books - in public services, workplaces, and online. theguardian.com/society/2026/o…
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J.K. Rowling
@jk_rowling
Oct 26
‘Weak leadership combined with ideological capture, perceived prestige for the organisation, and fear had all led to children being harmed.’ Gender ideology has spread like wildfire through the NHS. The casualties: kids and whistleblowers. Free to read.
I was investigated by the NHS, called a transphobe and thought of suicide
From thetimes.com
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J.K. Rowling
@jk_rowling
Oct 25
Because a certain kind of man believes that not getting everything he wants from women is oppression. This applies both to incels and to the type of trans-identified man who insists that speech, laws and physical spaces should be reconfigured around his self-image.
MJ Murphy
@hothingsgirlsay
Oct 22
Why is asking for female-only spaces called hateful?
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