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JK Rowling Slammed After She Adds Asexual People To Her Growing List Of LGBTQ+ Targets

JK Rowling Slammed After She Adds Asexual People To Her Growing List Of LGBTQ+ Targets
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The Harry Potter author faced backlash on social media after she mocked International Asexuality Day on Sunday in a bigoted post on X.

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By Peter KarlebyApr 08, 2025
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Harry Potter author JK Rowling must be growing bored with transphobia because now she's using her worldwide platform to whine about asexuals.

Sunday, April 6 was International Asexuality Day, and of course Rowling couldn't possibly just let the day go by.

She shared a celebratory infographic created by an activist organization and used it to mock asexual people instead.

It was tepid criticism compared to some of the things she's said about trans people, but another bizarre example of her obsession with LGBTQ+ people, nonetheless.

Rowling posted:

"Happy International Fake Oppression Day to everyone who wants complete strangers to know they don't fancy a shag."

Pretty hilarious to make claims about "fake oppression" in a post oppressing the people you're criticizing, but that's Rowling for you.

People had thoughts.

Anyway, why Rowling has a problem with people simply being aware that asexuality exists is anyone's guess, but Yasmin Benoit, an activist who co-created International Asexuality Day, spoke out to PinkNews about why Rowling's unkind words matter.

“A lot of people’s introduction [to International Asexuality Day] has now been through JK Rowling hating on it."
"It’s becoming a conversation in so many spaces I haven’t seen before, but for a negative reason. She kind of hijacked the occasion.”

Which is kind of her whole thing. Joanne loves attention!

JK Rowling is vile, and in no way an ally to LGBTQ+ people. Asexual people continue to be persecuted through forced sexualisation. People stigmatise their clothing choices and behaviors which lead to harassment. There’s need for increased visibility and education on this issue.

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— Thomas Willett (@thomaswillett.bsky.social) April 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM


Benoit went on to tell PinkNews that rhetoric like Rowling's contributes to stigma against asexual people that includes accusations that it is a mental illness, the result of mental health treatments like SSRIs, or part of the "trans agenda," all of which are false.

On social media, Rowling's comments did not go over well at all.

so jk rowling hates asexuals now? how often was that woman dropped as a baby jesus christ
— han (@hansoeii.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM



JK Rowling is cruel and stupid.
— Dana Terrace (@danaterrace.bsky.social) April 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM


And, of course, there were lots of asexuality-themed jokes about Rowling's infamous black mold problem she is alleged to have in her house.


Here's hoping that one day, Rowling finds a hobby or something so she's not so triggered by other people existing. Poor thing.

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