Author J.K. Rowling laid into “gender ideologues” on Tuesday for doing everything they could to stifle debate on the potential risks and long-term impact of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, particularly on children.
Noting that “no debate” was an oft-repeated slogan in the trans activist community, the “Harry Potter” creator punctuated her comments with a series of X posts identifying individuals who had been scolded, bullied, and harassed — sometimes publicly — until they were either forced out of or quit their jobs.
The conversation began with a comment from Kirstie Allsop, who said in an X post that no one was blocking debate around those issues: “There [are] very real issues around the impact of puberty blockers on long term health. But the point I was making is that it is, and always has been possible to debate these things and those saying there was no…
