JK Rowling visits the magic museum during a sick visit to Iceland
JK Rowling spent the last few days sailing around Iceland on his luxury yacht, Calypso, with her husband, Neil Murray, and the couple’s daughter, Fréttablaðið reports. Rowling arrived in Reykjavík by private plane in late July and has since stopped boarding her yacht stopped a number of destinations such as Höfn, Nörðfjörður, Seyðisfjörður, Dalvík, Húsavík and Akureyri.
The Harry Potter a writer even stopped in Hólmavík in the Westfjords this weekend to visit the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft.
In light of her statements, which have often been transphobic on social media, Rowling’s visit to the country seems particularly badly timed, but it goes hand in hand with Iceland’s Pride Month, a gathering that angered many on social media.
“Hey @jk_rowling, if you stop by Reykjavík on your way around Iceland, be sure to hop on the best bus,” tweeted one Icelander with a picture of Transvagninn, a bus that welcomes trans people in Iceland.
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“Rowling is in Iceland on the main day of Pride. This should not be allowed, “wrote another.
“Is there anyone in Hólmavík who can make a ‘terfs not welcome’ sign and show it? títa Oktavía Hrund, deputy member of Pírata.
“You have nothing to fear from people like me”
Before Rowling came to Iceland, trans activist, writer and chairman of Trans Ísland Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir wrote an open letter to the author, which was published on gayiceland.is. The letter opened with a statement of solidarity with Rowling, a survivor of domestic violence.
“What I really wanted to address, which is something I feel strongly about in your words and attitudes, “they wrote,” is that you have nothing to fear from people like me.“
“I am aware of all the incredible charity work you do,” said Ugla Stefanía, “and all the wonderful projects you support with your charity trust. In your essay that you published on your website, you said that you were worried that a “new trans operation” would have a negative effect on your job.
I want to assure you that this is not the case and I apologize if you have been made to believe otherwise. Transgender people certainly do not have that power, nor do they want to exercise it.
The fight for an equal society, regardless of your gender identity, does not in any way seek to destroy such important jobs, but only wishes that those who influence it be included in the conversation where appropriate.
“Many of the arguments I see being made in public are robbed of the human experience we all share,” he concluded. “If we could see it, even for a moment, I strongly believe that we would find that all our fears, anxieties and worries are all caused by the same problem that we can fight together, to create a world where everyone is respected. and loved exactly for who they are, regardless of gender, identity, physical characteristics or history.