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J.K. Rowling Goes Viral With Message To Those Pushing People To Use ‘Cis’ After Musk Labels It A ‘Slur’

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 11: J.K. Rowling attends the premiere of "Finding the Way Home" at Hudson Yards on December 11, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
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Famed “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling went viral after she posted a message to those pushing people to use the word “cis,” a term used to describe people whose identity and gender correspond with their biological sex, after Twitter boss Elon Musk labeled it “a slur.”

Rowling, who has faced numerous attacks from leftist activists for her support of biological women, tweeted on Wednesday: “‘Cis’ is ideological language” that signifies “belief in the unfalsifiable concept of gender identity.”

“You have a perfect right to believe in unprovable essences that may or may not match the sexed body, but the rest of us have a right to disagree, and to refuse to adopt your jargon,” Rowling tweeted. Her post has since gone viral with more than 4.5 million views and counting.

In a second tweet, she torched a trans activist who told her, “You as a cis woman have every right to disagree with me, cis man, and other cis women, along with trans men and trans women.”

“Just type ‘repent, heretic,'” Rowling tweeted. “Fewer characters and it’ll have exactly the same effect on me.”

The post came about after Musk responded to a commentator on the site who had tweeted, “Yesterday, after posting a Tweet saying that I reject the word ‘cis’ and don’t wish to be called it, I receive a slew of messages from trans activists calling me ‘cissy’ and telling me that I am ‘cis’ ‘whether or not I like it.’ Just imagine if the roles were reversed.”

In response, Elon informed users on the platform, “Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions.”

“The words ‘cis’ or ‘cisgender’ are considered slurs on this platform,” he added.

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Rowling previously spoke out against the former Scottish female First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, who in 2022 supported that government’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill.

Related: J.K. Rowling Slams Critic Claiming Trans Aren’t ‘A Threat’ When They Use Women’s Restroom

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