What specific tweets or statements has J.K. Rowling made about transgender rights since 2020?

1. The June 6–10, 2020 tweets that ignited the controversy

In early June 2020 Rowling posted a series of tweets and likes that many read as mocking trans people and questioning gender‑identity language — including a widely noted tweet on June 6 that mocked the term “people who menstruate” with quips such as “Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” and other tweets that criticized how sex and gender are discussed; these tweets catalyzed widespread criticism from advocacy groups and celebrities ^{[2] [3] [4]}.

2. The “TERF wars” tweet and the 3,600‑word essay on June 10, 2020

On June 10, 2020 Rowling linked to a long essay on her own website and tweeted “TERF Wars,” while the essay — roughly reported as 3,600 words by multiple outlets — argued she was “worried about the new trans activism,” warned against eroding the legal definition of sex, and described concerns about access to single‑sex spaces such as bathrooms and changing rooms ^{[4] [2] [6]}.

3. Claims about medical care for young people and later tweets

Rowling followed up with tweets and threads suggesting that young people with mental‑health struggles were being “shunted towards hormones and surgery,” equating some paths to transition with inappropriate treatment and calling it a “new form of conversion therapy” in at least one tweet thread — assertions which GLAAD and health advocates publicly disputed as inaccurate and harmful ^{[2] [3]}.

4. Public responses and defenses — allies, critics, and institutions

Her statements prompted swift responses: actors from the Harry Potter films publicly rejected her framing and affirmed that “trans women are women,” advocacy organizations like GLAAD condemned her remarks as aligning with anti‑trans ideology, some fan sites and institutions distanced themselves, while a separate letter of support for Rowling was published in The Sunday Times signed by several writers and entertainers — illustrating a polarized public debate ^{[7] [8] [4]}.

5. Continued posts and a 2021 defense on her website

Rowling has continued to defend her stance, publishing a 2021 website post titled “J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues,” in which she described feeling attacked, reiterated her emphasis on sex as a meaningful category, and framed her position as conscience‑driven against what she portrays as a climate that silences debate ^[5].

6. Criticisms about misinformation and tone

Multiple reporting outlets and advocacy groups have accused her of repeating inaccurate claims about transgender healthcare and portraying trans identity as a threat to women’s rights; GLAAD for instance catalogued specific tweets and called some statements “false information” that equates trans‑related care with mental‑health treatment, while mainstream outlets reported the volume and tone of her posts as escalating into sustained controversy ^{[2] [3] [9]}.

7. What is documented — and what remains outside these sources

The available reporting documents specific tweets (e.g., the June 6 mocking of “people who menstruate,” the “TERF Wars” tweet, and the multi‑thousand‑word essay), later website defenses, and a public record of reactions and institutional distancing; these sources do not contain a verbatim archive of every single tweet she posted after 2020 nor do they adjudicate the factual accuracy of every contested claim beyond summarizing critics’ rebuttals, so a comprehensive chronological catalogue would require direct access to her full X/Twitter feed or an archive beyond these reports ^{[2] [4] [5]}.