India, May 4 -- J.K. Rowling is standing firm in her views on the trans community despite growing backlash. Last week, a number of Harry Potter actors, including Eddie Redmayne, Paapa Essiedu, and Katie Leung, publicly signed a pro-trans open letter following the UK Supreme Court's decision to define "woman" and "sex" strictly in terms of biological sex. The move has reignited the ongoing debate as the author slammed the actors.

Rowling did not mince her words as she supported the essay in public on X while making blistering remarks on her "back-stabbing colleagues", adding that their act was "motivated by fear." She wrote on X, "In light of recent open letters from academia and the arts criticising the UK's Supreme Court ruling on sex-b...