JK Rowling pushes back on John Oliver’s claim there’s ‘no evidence’ trans athletes threaten girls
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‘Last Week Tonight’ host blasted critics of biological male athletes competing in women’s sports
J.K. Rowling tore apart HBO’s John Oliver over his recent monologue about transgender athletes.
The “Harry Potter” author responded to the “Last Week Tonight” host’s recent tirade against those opposing trans inclusion in women’s sports. During his remarks, he claimed there was no evidence biological male trans athletes have an advantage over biological females.
“The Harris campaign failed to formulate a response, especially when it’s pretty easy to do,” Oliver said Friday. “There are vanishingly few trans girls competing in high schools anywhere, even if there were more, trans kids like all kids vary in terms of athletic ability, and there is no evidence they pose any threat to safety or fairness.”
Rowling described the rant as an example of “motivated reasoning and confirmation bias.”