Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: Jonathan Ross has defended JK Rowling on Twitter after the Harry Potter author was criticised for "anti-trans" tweets.
The author has once again found herself facing a backlash, this time for after tweeting about an article advocating for more equal rights for people who menstruate.
Rowling, 54, took issue with the phrasing, writing: “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”
Twitter users and other celebrities pointed out that there are women who do not menstruate, while transgender men and non-binary individuals are among people who do.
During the row over the weekend, a physician replied to Rowling: “I want people to know that sex exists on a bimodal biological spectrum just like gender exists on a bimodal sociological spectrum.
"While most identify as either female or male, there are intersex and trans individuals whose identities are just as valid and real.”
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