J.K. Rowling, the creator of the “Harry Potter” series, was criticized by gay and transgender rights groups on Thursday after she expressed support for a British researcher whose views on transgender people were described by a court as “not worthy of respect in a democratic society.”The researcher, Maya Forstater, lost her job last year at a think tank in London and filed a lawsuit earlier this year alleging discrimination based on what she called her “gender critical” views, which she has expressed often on Twitter.
Among them is the belief, which Ms. Forstater tweeted on Wednesday, that “it is impossible to change sex.”An employment tribunal in London ruled against her on Wednesday, saying her views were “not a philosophical belief protected” by British law but were instead “incompatible with human dignity and fundamental rights of others.”“It is also a slight of hand to suggest that the claimant merely does not hold the belief that trans women are women,” the court ruled.
“She positively believes that they are men and will say so whenever she wishes.”
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