J.K. Rowling ended up getting the final word after a transgender activist, who has attacked her, was arrested and put behind bars for the next 30 years for raping a child.
In a post on Monday on X, the famed “Harry Potter” author reacted to a headline in the BBC that read, “Pride group founder jailed for rape of boy, 12.” It was about 41-year-old Stephen Ireland, who co-founded Pride in Surrey, England, in 2018.
Stephen Ireland, who targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls, has just been sentenced to 30 years in jail for child rape. pic.twitter.com/0HHctRocB4
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 30, 2025
Ireland was sentenced to 24 years behind bars for the rape of what the judge called an “extremely vulnerable” 12-year-old boy after the pair met on a dating app, the outlet noted. Additionally, he was sentenced to six years on an extended license.
BBC report read:
Ireland was sentenced for one count of rape, three counts of causing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, sexual assault, conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with a child, arranging commission of a child sex offense, six counts of making indecent photographs of children, four counts of distributing indecent photographs of children, possession of prohibited images, and possession of an extreme pornographic image.
Rowling’s post, which has since gone viral, read, “Stephen Ireland, who targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls, has just been sentenced to 30 years in jail for child rape.”
The famed author’s post included a screenshot of Ireland attacking Rowling in June 2020 for her very public support of women-only sports and private spaces amid the growing insanity of transgender ideology across the globe.
In the post, Ireland labeled her the ridiculous TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist) term and said, “What happens when women enter menopause? What about women who had hysterectomies? Women who don’t menstruate because of hormonal issues. Are they not women? Nothing you say stops transwomen from being women.”
It came after Rowling had posted a lengthy essay on her website titled “J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues.”
Rowling’s post read:
At the same time, I do not want to make natal girls and women less safe. When you throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he’s a woman – and, as I’ve said, gender confirmation certificates may now be granted without any need for surgery or hormones – then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside. That is the simple truth.
Since that time, Rowling has been relentless against an onslaught from LGBTQ activists, Hollywood, transgender activists, and more for speaking the truth and warning about the dangers of allowing gender ideology to flourish.
The author’s numerous posts on X have made it crystal clear that biological men have no business being in protected female spaces, angering transgender activists who call her made-up names like “TERF.”
And we see the entitled, bratty, tantruming little Veruca Salts who believe that only they, and those who share their luxury beliefs, should be permitted to publish books. pic.twitter.com/mqVqOIn9zK
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 27, 2025
In a recent X post, Rowling torched author Vikki Patis, who wrote that “Anyone still supporting TERFs in publishing can [..] all the way off. You can not read, review, promote, or sell their bigoted bile and still pretend you support queer authors at the same time. We [..] see you.”
“And we see the entitled, bratty, tantruming little Veruca Salts who believe that only they, and those who share their luxury beliefs, should be permitted to publish books,” Rowling wrote on X.
