Enraged JK Rowling defends security guards who assaulted trans women at music festival

Anti-trans troll J.K. Rowling lashed out at popular British resort chain Butlin’s after it spoke out against its security contractor for assaulting a group of trans patrons in a women’s bathroom.

A statement from the chain stated it was “very concerned to hear about this incident” adding, “Much to our disappointment, our third-party security contractor did not follow our processes despite being thoroughly briefed.”

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The statement added that the guards involved “were immediately removed from duty.”

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“We are in direct contact with those involved and carrying out an investigation which includes reviewing how we work with contractors,” it concluded.

This message of support to the trans victims did not please Rowling, who has become a major leader in the TERF (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism) movement.

“Does Butlins think the desire of cross-dressing men to enter women-only spaces is more important than women’s and girls’ right to privacy and dignity?” Rowling wrote on X. “Hopefully Butlins will explain their policy, so women and families can make an informed choice about where to go on holiday.”

Does Butlins think the desire of cross-dressing men to enter women-only spaces is more important than women's and girls' right to privacy and dignity? Hopefully Butlins will explain their policy, so women and families can make an informed choice about where to go on holiday. https://t.co/xEkaJhrAUe

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) October 10, 2024

It is not necessarily clear that Butlin’s even supports allowing trans folks to use whichever restroom they’d like, as the company also made clear to the media the guards were removed due to the way they violently handled the situation and not due to the victims’ genders.

The incident occurred earlier this month at the Bang Face music festival, which took place at a Butlin’s property. Trans attendee Jae Roberts posted a video to Instagram alleging that a security guard followed someone into the women’s bathroom because they had facial hair and told them they could not be there.

“Everyone in the toilets responded with it was perfectly fine for that person to be there,” Roberts reportedly said in a video that has now been made private. “They were not in any way threatened by this person. They were not in any way inconvenienced by this person.”

Roberts said the security guard then left and returned with a larger group of guards. They then allegedly attacked five trans folks, including Roberts, pinning them against walls and dragging them down the stairs.

“This is appalling behavior from the security guards and an obvious display of transphobia, not to mention a completely unprovoked act of aggression and escalation, a situation where no one felt threatened, no one had any kind of issue,” Roberts said.

Rowling’s transphobia has continued to grow over the past several years, with the Harry Potter author even recently revealing that she considers her opposition to trans equality her religion.

The 59-year-old author has spent years denying the existence of trans women in particular and has made a habit of misgendering them. She’s on the record as willing to go to prison over the freedom to do so.

In one indication of her anti-trans mania, she denied trans people were persecuted under the Nazi regime during the Holocaust, a thoroughly documented fact.

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