RuPaul’s Drag Race champion Jinkx Monsoon roasts JK Rowling for ‘identifying’ as a male author.
Jinkx Monsoon has taken aim at Harry Potter creator JK Rowling over what she says is the hypocrisy of her “identifying” as a male author early in her career.
During a new interview with comedian and writer Ziwe, the RuPaul’s Drag Race two-time champion was asked whether the Harry Potter writer would “make a good Roxy Hart in Chicago”, the Broadway musical.
To this end, the fellow Broadway star made a point of using the wrong pronouns for the author. “Who is Jake? Who is he? Jake Hay Rowling?,” Monsoon said.
When Ziwe noted that Rowling uses “she”/her pronouns, the icon joked: “Oh dear. That is not a feminine name in the slightest.”
The Doctor Who star, who opened up last year about her gender-affirmation journey, also emphasised that Rowling initially “identified” as a male author at the start of her career. Some may even say her decision to mislead readers with her name is a hypocritical one, given Rowling’s controversial views about the trans community.
