JK Rowling Holocaust Denialism: Author Pushes Claims That Trans People Were Not A Target

[LostOne4Ever]

JK Rowling Holocaust Denialism: Author Pushes Claims That Trans People Were Not A Target
On Wednesday, JK Rowling implied that Nazis never targeted trans people in Germany, calling it "a fever dream." She doubled down when challenged with sources showing trans persecution in Nazi Germany.

ERIN REED
MAR 13, 2024

On Wednesday, J.K. Rowling implicitly denied that transgender individuals were targeted and that books about them were burned in Nazi Germany. This assertion contradicts abundant evidence that transgender people were among the first targeted by the Nazis' rise to power in Germany. This culminated in the looting of the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute of Sexology and the infamous burning of the initial decades of transgender healthcare research, as well as the internment, forced detransition, and murder of transgender citizens. When confronted with numerous scholarly sources, she instead linked to another thread that labeled the first transgender patient a "troubled male.”

The claims emerged after Rowling argued that doctors providing gender affirming care to transgender youth should face prison time. She also advocated for imprisoning leaders of Stonewall and Mermaids, charities serving transgender and queer individuals. Recently, the author has adopted more extreme positions regarding transgender people, including describing a prominent transgender woman and journalist in the United Kingdom as "A man…cosplaying."

The exchange promoting a denial that transgender people were targeted in the Holocaust was triggered by a tweet questioning why individuals like Rowling increasingly find themselves aligned with Nazis, who burned books on transgender healthcare and research in 1933. Rather than defending her position, Rowling seemed to dismiss the notion altogether that transgender individuals were targeted, asking, "How did you type this out and press send without thinking ‘I should maybe check my source for this, because it might’ve been a fever dream’?" When others provided her with sources, she responded by linking to an anti-trans account calling the first transgender woman to undergo gender reassignment surgery in Germany to a "troubled male.” The thread in question also denied that transgender people were targeted by the Holocaust.

Nazis indeed targeted transgender individuals in early Germany. The Institute of Sexology, led by Magnus Hirschfeld, was the first institute to advance the study and medical care of transgender people in Berlin. The institute provided transgender individuals with employment and “transvestite passes” for a form of legal gender recognition in the city. Many frequented safe spaces such as the Eldorado, a club depicted in photographs where trans people are seen smiling and engaging in conversation, dancing, and socializing.

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She is devolving at an alarming rate.

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https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/jk-rowling-holocaust-denialism-author?r=26hpd7&utm_medium=email

[marble falls]

1. Crazy. It's not in question. It's freaking history. The Nazis were not shy about documenting their excesses.

[Easterncedar]

2. Dammit, she's spoiling her books for a lot of folks.

[LostOne4Ever]

4. Once upon a time...

Harry Potter books were an escape for many young trans kids. A world that supported the underdog and the marginalized, and where magic that could fix one’s body to align with their gender was real.

Her betrayal, cuts deeper than anyone can imagine for those kids.

[Lunabell]

3. Oh, good god!

Why is she hating on trans folks so much?!? This is beyond deplorable!!

In edit: My wife wanted to know how she knows this? Is she a nazi?

[padah513]

5. Money makes some people think that their opinions matter more than anyone else's.

She's like Will Smith to me now. Thought he was a skilled actor, but won't watch anything he does now. I love Harry Potter and thought her writing was amazing, but won't watch anything she does now. If the way people live their lives aren't impacting your life in any way, shape, or form, why can't you let them live their lives free from your criticism?

[Think. Again.]

6. I loved her books, but now the only words I have are...

Fuck you, bitch.

[ga_girl]

7. Rowling is a nut case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empty_Library

[unblock]

8. To be fair,

her area of expertise is fiction....

[SouthernDem4ever]

9. She has no authority on the subject

So therefore should STFU.

[prodigitalson]

10. youtube documentary about trans Germans between the wars

it covers Magnums Hirschfeld and his institute's "transvestite passes"

it's worth the watch. I recommend this channel generally.

[LostOne4Ever]

11. This is really good

You should make it a new thread in this group all by itself!

[prodigitalson]

13. thanks, I just did that!

glad you like it. it's a great channel

[vercetti2021]

12. Fuck queen TERF

Fuck her and her plagiarized books. She and Dave Chappelle walk the fine line of. I HAVE MONEY, I CAN SAY AND DO WHAT I WANT! Yeah being an insufferable fucking human is such a good way to fuck your legacies up. Over people like me trying to live our lives and they wanna do everything they can to make it worse for us being being such insufferable fucking humans. Fuck her and her TERFY ass.

[LostOne4Ever]

14. A couple of articles on the persecution of trans people in Nazi Germany

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/14/trans-history-wwii-nazi-germany-nazis-transgender-magnus-hirschfeld/

https://trans-express.lgbt/post/711524940731580416/how-the-nazis-destroyed-the-queer-and-trans

[LostOne4Ever]

15. Another Video on Ms Voldemort's Revisionism

[ShazzieB]

16. She just keeps getting crazier and crazier.

I loved Harry Potter and have also enjoyed the Cormoran Strike mysteries. But I wish to hell she would keep her stupid bigoted opinions to herself!