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Harry Potter author JK Rowling is facing the wrath of netizens in Taiwan after she challenged female Chinese Taipei boxer Lin Yu-ting’s eligibility to compete in the Paris Olympics.
Rowling, a vocal opponent to trans rights, said Lin was part of the “insanity” of trans athletes competing in women’s sport.
She shared an article on social media platform X about Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif being authorised to compete in the Olympics despite failing gender eligibility tests last year.
Despite the rumours, fans of both stars were quick to share images of them as young girls, dismissing the suggestion they are trans and that simply the two have a higher testosterone level.
“Everyone in Taiwan hates JK Rowling now,” one X user wrote.

What will it take to end this insanity? A female boxer left with life-altering injuries? A female boxer killed? https://t.co/2OGWUQYtU5
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 30, 2024

“Lin started boxing to protect her mother who has been abused by her father since young, and ended up being a national player. I don’t know what kind of magic can save Rowling now,” one user on Threads wrote.
“Does Rowling even know what she is saying? In the future I will be switching channels if Harry Potter comes up,” another added.
Cheng Shih-Chung, director general of the self-ruled Sports Administration, said on Wednesday that Asia’s Olympic Council has conducted a thorough examination of Lin and confirmed she is fully eligible to compete.


Cheng called the accusations discriminatory and a deliberate attempt to undermine Lin’s mental state by planting rumours in the media.
The topic of trans rights at the Olympics has been hotly debated in recent days. Italy’s Angela Carini quit her bout with Khelif after only 46 seconds, and afterwards repeated the words: “It’s not right.”
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) defended its decision to allow both female boxers to compete, and dismissed the International Boxing Association’s decision to disqualify them last year for failing to meet gender eligibility tests.

Taiwan's female boxing representative started boxing as a young kid to protect her mother from domestic violence (this is a clip on Youtube from a decade ago), she's always chosen a less feminine appearance. We know you care for your own contestants' safety but no slandering, plz https://t.co/g0NmoDbuHl pic.twitter.com/z3pY1PbTHm
— Sharon/Trilingual 🇹🇼 🇯🇵 🇺🇲 (@nthusharon) August 1, 2024


So, just a little Taiwan news I got from my fam.
Everyone in Taiwan hates JK Rowling now.
— Yuh-Line Niou (@yuhline) August 1, 2024

Lin, born in 1995, is a two-time world champion and assured supporters she was not affected by the noise as she had deleted all social media apps.
Both Khelif and Lin competed at Tokyo Games as women.
Taiwan, which legalised same sex marriage in 2019, has been lauded as a beacon for LGBTQ rights in Asia for its progressiveness and inclusivity.


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Author, a vocal opponent to trans rights, calls Lin Yu-ting part of the ‘insanity’ of trans athletes competing in women’s sport


Author, a vocal opponent to trans rights, calls Lin Yu-ting part of the ‘insanity’ of trans athletes competing in women’s sport.
