No, J. K. Rowling has not been ‘radicalised’

Stephen Fry’s comments on the gender debate betray his fundamental misunderstanding of the issues.

What exactly is ‘radical’ about believing that there are two sexes, and that women’s rights depend upon a recognition of this fact? On the Show People podcast last week, Stephen Fry made the astonishing claim that J. K. Rowling’s acceptance of these basic truths is evidence that she has been ‘radicalised by TERFs’ and is ‘a lost cause’.

This, of course,…