JK Rowling has pledged to keep speaking out and funding women's legal cases, revealing she has faced "an avalanche of death, rape and torture threats" over " trans activism".

The author described being "shocked and disgusted" that "large numbers of women" had "spent the last few years vilifying members of their own sex for fighting to retain their hard-won rights and single-sex spaces".

Writing in an essay on Wednesday, she asserted that "trans activism" is "elitist to its core" and primarily harms unprivileged women.

Rowling condemned "wealthy women who repost the vogueish mantras while sitting in dressing rooms guarded by private security guards" and "headline-hungry female politicians".

Film stars Daniel Radcliffe , Emma Watson and Rupert Grint have earlier distanced themselves from the author's statements.

Last year, she claimed Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the series, had "so little experience of real life she’s ignorant of how ignorant she is".

Rowling added in September 2025: “I’d be…