Backlash as J. K. Rowling compares transgender hormone therapy to gay conversion therapy

Following a flurry of anti-trans comments made on social media, sales of JK Rowling’s books have dipped in the US.

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday held a virtual panel on the call for a global conversion therapy ban. 

Facebook and Instagram have banned all posts that promote the dangerous and debunked practice of conversion therapy, reported CNN.

2 min read A United Nations (UN) expert has called for a global ban on conversion therapy while telling the Human Rights Council that the practice inflicts severe pain and suffering on LGBT people often resulting in long-lasting psychological and physical damage.

Dua Lipa, Charli XCX and Elton John are among the stars who have signed an open letter to the government calling for a ban on “conversion therapy”.The practice is used with the aim of “changing an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, per The Trevor Project’s definition.“Conversion therapists use a variety of shaming, emotionally traumatic or physically painful stimuli to make their victims associate those stimuli with their LGBTQ identities,” the organisation says.

conversion therapy for all LGBT+ people in the UK.The letter cites the position of a number of leading organisations including the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, which classified conversion therapy as ‘torture’, and the U.N, which called for an end to conversion therapy globally.It also issues a reminder of the Government’s previous intentions to ban the practice in the UK.“Theresa May, as Prime Minister, vowed to eradicate this “abhorrent” practice in 2018 and since

Halle Berry has issued an apology after facing a myriad of criticizing remarks online over an acting role. The actress, 53, sparked fury on Friday when she announced during an Instagram Live video with hairstylist Christin Brown that she was considering playing a trans character.

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JK Rowling took another tossing on Twitter Sunday as she Tweeted that “many health professionals are concerned that young people struggling with their mental health are being shunted towards hormones and surgery when this may not be in their best interests.”The comment was one of a string as she defended herself after being called out for ‘liking’ a Tweet that compared hormone prescriptions to anti-depressants, which were overprescribed to teenagers in the past with sometimes harmful results.

J.K. Rowling is facing unprecedented criticism from fans running two of the biggest Harry Potter websites over her comments about transgender rights.

Humanists UK worked closely with the Isle of Man parliament on the provisions and said the UK government urgently needed to follow suit."Every day that conversion therapy is allowed to continue in this country is another day that LGBT people will be subjected to practices that can cause serious harm and even the loss of life,” Richy Harrison, Director of Public Affairs and Policy at Humanists UK, told the M.E.N.“The government should urgently change the law to ban all such practice.”In March, a

Two of the biggest “Harry Potter” fan sites on Thursday distanced themselves from author J.K. Rowling because of her beliefs on transgender issues, calling them at odds with the message of empowerment in her best-selling books.

J.K. Rowling’s views on transgender people, said today they will no longer provide links to her personal website, use photos of her, or write about her outside of her role in creating the fantasy world they love.The sites, Leaky Caldron and Mugglenet, said in a joint statement that Rowling’s personal views are at odds with the attitudes reflected in her best-selling books.