J K Rowling sparks controversy again, claims Nazis never burnt books on trans health

NEW DELHI: J K Rowling on Wednesday sparked a controversy on X after she posted comments denying that the Nazis “burnt books on trans healthcare and research”.
Rowling was responding to a post that said — “The Nazis burnt books on transhealthcare and research, why are you so desparate to uphold their ideology around gender?”
Questioning the source of the post, she said, “I just… how? How did you type this out and press send without thinking ‘I should maybe check my source for this, because it might’ve been a fever dream’?”

The comments drew responses from X users including gender and tech expert Alejandra Caraballo who cited a research on how Nazis targeted transgender people.
“On May 6, 1933, a Nazi student group marched to the Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin. With the members of SA, they ransacked the institute and looted its library and archives,” the post said.

“Days later, the stolen books, artifacts, and clinical files were destroyed in one of several public book burnings organized across Germany,” it added.
Retorting to these claims, the Harry Potter author said, “Neither of your articles support the contention that trans people were the first victims of the Nazis or that all research on trans healthcare was burned in 1930s Germany. You are engaging in lying, Alejandra.”
Responding to the claim that all research were lost because the “Nazis burnt it all down”, Rowling said, “I heard there was a bit in Revelation about puberty blockers, but Leviticus made them take it out.”
It comes two days after Rowling’s post on UK’s Mother’s Day sparked controversy. The post said — “Happy Birthing Parent Day to all whose large gametes were fertilized resulting in small humans whose sex was assigned by doctors making mostly lucky guesses.”