{"id":176096,"date":"2025-07-31T12:17:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/07\/31\/jinkx-monsoon-mocks-j-k-rowlings-hypocritical-transphobia-not-a-feminine-name-in-the-slightest\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T12:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:17:44","slug":"jinkx-monsoon-mocks-j-k-rowlings-hypocritical-transphobia-not-a-feminine-name-in-the-slightest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/07\/31\/jinkx-monsoon-mocks-j-k-rowlings-hypocritical-transphobia-not-a-feminine-name-in-the-slightest\/","title":{"rendered":"Jinkx Monsoon Mocks J.K. Rowling\u2019s Hypocritical Transphobia: \u2018Not a Feminine Name in the Slightest\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tIt is officially monsoon season<\/a>, so it\u2019s no wonder why Broadway star and RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em> alum Jinkx Monsoon<\/a> is unleashing a deluge on Harry Potter <\/em>author J.K. Rowling<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn a new clip<\/a> from her upcoming interview <\/a>with Ziwe, Monsoon answers a tongue-in-cheek question about whether or not Rowling would \u201cmake a good Roxy Hart in Chicago<\/em>\u201d by pointing out why she feels the author\u2019s transphobic comments over the years feel deeply hypocritical. <\/p>\n

\n\tPutting on a drunk affectation, Monsoon started off her answer by pretending she didn\u2019t know Rowling and actively using the wrong pronouns for her. \u201cWho is Jake? Who is he? Jake Hay Rowling?\u201d she said, clutching a rocks glass. When Ziwe pointed out that Rowling is a \u201cshe,\u201d Monsoon quickly quipped, \u201cOh, dear. That is not a feminine name in the slightest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe performer then went on to use her faux-confusion as a jumping off point, saying that Rowling intentionally misled readers about her own gender at the outset of her career. \u201cI know that oftentimes, female authors use initials so that people assume it\u2019s a male writer,\u201d Monsoon explained, before adding with a smirk, \u201cI have to presume that J.K. Rowling was unsatisfied with the way that the world saw her, and then she transitioned herself into a new personality so that the world would perceive her the way she wanted to be perceived.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tIn past interviews<\/a>, Rowling has revealed that she wrote under a pen name (her real name is Joanne) because her publishers wanted to \u201cdisguise\u201d her gender so the book would \u201cappeal to boys and girls.\u201d It\u2019s worth noting Rowling also writes her ongoing Cormoran Strike<\/em> crime series under the male pseudonym Robert Galbraith. In an FAQ on Galbraith\u2019s website, Rowling says that she writes under a male nom de plume simply because she \u201cwanted to take my writing persona as far away as possible from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRowling has made headlines over the last few years for her transphobic comments online, and for actively campaigning against reformational laws in the U.K. that would allow transgender people to change their legal gender. When the U.K. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the legal definition of a woman only applied to those whose biological sex was female, Rowling posted a controversial photo<\/a> of herself drinking a cocktail and smoking a cigar in celebration. \u201cI love it when a plan comes together,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tMonsoon, meanwhile, is currently transitioning between two massive theater projects. After playing the role of Ruth in the Tony-nominated Pirates! A Penzance Musical<\/em>, Monsoon is gearing up to star as Mary Todd Lincoln in the Tony-winning play Oh, Mary! <\/em>Monsoon takes over the role from Tituss Burgess starting on Monday (Aug. 4). <\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the clip from Jinkx\u2019s interview with Ziwe below:<\/p>\n

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