J.K. Rowling is returning a coveted Ripple of Hope Award presented to her by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization in Dec. 2019 after recent remarks from the organization’s president criticizing the author for tweets and statements the organization deemed transphobic. "Over the course of June 2020 – LGBTQ Pride Month – and much to my dismay, J.K. Rowling posted deeply troubling transphobic tweets and statements,” Kerry Kennedy wrote in a memo on the organization’s website on Aug. 3. Black trans women and trans youth, in particular, are targeted," reads Kennedy’s post. Trans women are women. "Transgender women are women.

Source: Fox News August 29, 2020 00:22 UTC