What are J.K. Rowling's exact tweets and essays about transgender people, quoted verbatim with dates?

1. What the sources say is available — the high‑profile items

Multiple outlets identify key moments: a set of tweets on June 6, 2020 that sparked major backlash; a longer website essay published June 10, 2020 often referred to as “TERF wars”; an earlier public show of support (December 2019) for Maya Forstater; and various later tweets and exchanges through 2022–2024 that renewed controversy ^{[3] [2] [5] [6]}. GLAAD’s timeline itemizes several dated posts and quotes, including a June 10, 2020 entry and later tweets in 2024 and 2025 ^[4].

2. On verbatim tweets: sources quote fragments, not exhaustive transcripts

Reporting reproduces some lines from Rowling’s posts — for example, journalists cite her June 6, 2020 tweet about “people who menstruate” with her quip “I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” and summarize other lines such as “I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability…” ^{[1] [3] [7]}. These are selective quotations embedded in coverage and are not presented as a complete archive of every message she wrote ^{[1] [7]}.

3. The June 10, 2020 essay: present and widely cited, but full text not reproduced in these sources

Several outlets refer to Rowling’s June 10, 2020 long post (commonly headlined or described as “TERF wars”) and summarize its arguments — that she wanted to “explain myself on an issue surrounded by toxicity” and defend her position on sex and gender — and note that she published it on her website ^[2]. The news summaries cite lines and themes from the essay, but the provided reporting does not include the essay’s full verbatim text ^[2].

4. Later posts and incidents: selective quotes and paraphrase

Reporting documents later episodes: a 2018 “like” of a tweet referred to as “men in dresses,” a July 5, 2020 thread about hormones equated to mental‑health treatment, and tweets as recent as 2024–2025 that include celebration after a UK court ruling and exchanges with public figures ^{[8] [1] [4] [6]}. These items are reported with paraphrase and selective quotes rather than a verbatim, date‑stamped corpus ^{[8] [4]}.

5. Reactions and context you should know

Major figures and organizations immediately responded: Daniel Radcliffe posted that “Transgender women are women” in reaction to the June 2020 statements ^{[5] [9]}. Advocacy groups such as GLAAD characterized some of Rowling’s claims as inaccurate and harmful and compiled timelines of her posts ^[4]. Coverage also records that some fan and industry figures distanced themselves from Rowling ^{[8] [5]}.

6. Why I cannot supply the requested full verbatim tweets and dates from these sources

Your request asks for “exact tweets and essays … quoted verbatim with dates.” The set of sources you provided are news articles, timelines, and advocacy pages that quote selectively and summarize; they do not serve as a primary archive of every tweet and do not reproduce verbatim every message with precise timestamps ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}. Therefore, available sources do not mention a single, authoritative, complete verbatim list of all her tweets and essays with dates.

7. How to get a full, verbatim, date‑stamped record

To compile the exact text and dates you seek, consult primary sources: J.K. Rowling’s official account archive (X/Twitter), her personal website (for the June 10, 2020 essay), and archival captures (e.g., web.archive.org or contemporaneous screenshots cited by news outlets). The present collection of reporting will help identify which dates and items to look up, but it cannot substitute for a primary archival retrieval ^{[2] [3] [1]}.

If you want, I can: (A) extract every verbatim quote and date that appears within these sources and present them with their citations, or (B) guide you step‑by‑step on how to collect primary, date‑stamped tweets and the June 2020 essay from the web. Which would you prefer?