<p>Author J.K. Rowling fired back after she was accused of &#8220;cruelty&#8221; for referring to a trans-identifying male soccer manager as a &#8220;straight, white bloke.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rowling was responding to a since-deleted post on X cheering the promotion of a trans-identifying referred — who goes by the name Lucy Clark — to manager at Sutton United. According to <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13407513/JK-Rowling-accused-cruelty-mocks-transgender-football-manager-comparing-straight-white-middle-aged-bloke.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=social-twitter_mailonline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a>, that post read, &#8220;Lucy Clark, the world&#8217;s first openly transgender referee, has made history by becoming the first trans manager in the top five divisions of English women&#8217;s football.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;When I was young all the football managers were straight, white, middle-aged blokes, so it&#8217;s fantastic to see how much things have changed,&#8221; Rowling commented.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">When I was young all the football managers were straight, white, middle-aged blokes, so it&#39;s fantastic to see how much things have changed. <a href="https://t.co/jx9zp0hRyU">https://t.co/jx9zp0hRyU</a></p>
<p>&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1789275573123964985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Trans-identifying broadcaster — and regular Rowling-critic — India Willoughby responded to Rowling by attempting to get law-enforcement involved: &#8220;JK Rowling singling out another trans woman for ridicule tonight, leading to thousands of abusive messages. But British Media insist JK’s not transphobic, she just has &#8216;an opinion.&#8217; The police @metpoliceuk @northumbriapol ignore. At what point do they act?&#8221;</p>
<p>Others accused her of transphobia and &#8220;cruelty,&#8221; prompting a report from The Daily Mail headlined, &#8220;JK Rowling is accused of cruelty as she mocks transgender football manager by comparing her to a &#8216;straight, white, middle-aged bloke.'&#8221;</p>
<p>Rowling made it clear that she wasn&#8217;t impressed, responding, &#8220;I didn’t compare him to one. He IS one.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I didn’t compare him to one. He IS one. <a href="https://t.co/LUqXuSjktV">https://t.co/LUqXuSjktV</a></p>
<p>&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1789590944976650436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; author went on to further defend her position, saying as she has in the past that she would not bow to the whims of men who were &#8220;caricaturing&#8221; women.</p>
<p>&#8220;Calling a man a man is not &#8216;bullying&#8217; or &#8216;punching down.&#8217; Crossdressing straight men are currently one of the most pandered-to demographics in existence, and women are under no obligation to applaud the people caricaturing us,&#8221; she said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Calling a man a man is not &#39;bullying&#39; or &#39;punching down.&#39; Crossdressing straight men are currently one of the most pandered-to demographics in existence, and women are under no obligation to applaud the people caricaturing us.</p>
<p>&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1789641182164688934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>New York Magazine&#8217;s Jonathan Chait attempted to scold Rowling, saying, &#8220;Just call people what they want to be called. It&#8217;s basic decency.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stop telling women what they&#39;re allowed to say, Jonathan. It&#39;s basic decency.</p>
<p>&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1789673670362738783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Stop telling women what they&#8217;re allowed to say, Jonathan,&#8221; Rowling replied. &#8220;It&#8217;s basic decency.&#8221;</p>

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