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Labour MP apologises to JK Rowling for sexual assault remark

Lloyd Russell-Moyle accused author of using her experience against trans people

Labour frontbencher Lloyd Russell-Moyle has apologised to Harry Potter author JK Rowling after accusing her of using her own sexual assault as “justification” for discriminating against trans people.

Russell-Moyle, a shadow environment minister, made a public apology to Rowling after he wrote a piece in the Tribune saying he felt she had used her past experience to pass comment on a group of people who were not responsible for it.

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from Culture | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2CQKgN1

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