JK Rowling's 'infuriating' words slammd by Emmy Rossum; trans model Munroe Bergdorf joins

32-year-old American actor Emmy Rossum, who featured as le in acclaimed US show Shameless, took to Twitter to express disgust over JK Rowling's latest statement about hormone prescriptions which are being given as anti-depressants. Rowling, through a series of posts, claimed that taking se hormone pills has become 'a new kind of conversion rapy for young gay people'. Along with entire LGBTQ community on social media, Rossum, who enjoys a huge fan following on microblogging site, was also left stunned by celebrated author's seemingly anti-trans views. 

'Harry Potter' author J K Rowling has found herself at receiving end of netizens' ire on social media once again for her insensitive comments about trans community.  54-year-old wrote a series of tweets in her defense when a user criticized her for "liking" a tweet that claimed people on "mental health medication" are "lazy". In one of her tweets, Rowling said, “many health professionals are concerned that young people struggling with ir mental health are being shunted towards hormones and surgery when this may t be in ir best interests.” 

"When you lie about what I believe about mental health medication and when you misrepresent views of a trans woman for whom I feel thing but miration and solidarity, you cross a line," she continued. Rowling n reiterated her support of trans-women while also explaining again that she has taken medication for her mental health. Throughout her thre, Rowling cites a handful of articles and studies to claim that using hormones for transition can le to serious side-effects, which she believes many trans-activists igre. 

Rowling also explained that she believes hormone rapy is “a new kind of conversion rapy for young gay people,” reiterating her stance that hormones can cause problems with “fertility and/or full sexual function”. After substantiating her point, she concluded by saying, "ne of that may trouble you or disturb your belief in your own righteousness. But if so, I can't pretend I care much about your b opinion of me".

English trans-activist and model, Munroe Bergdorf, responded to Rowling's tweets by calling her 'dangerous' and a 'threat to LGBT' community. She slammed author for being insensitive towards trans people by invalidating ir choice of identity and also apologized to people for Rowling's statements.

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