Trending badgeTrendingPosted 1 hour agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownJinkx Monsoon Just Mocked J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Views By Saying This About The Author's Unique Pen Name"Oh, dear. That is not a feminine name in the slightest."by Mychal ThompsonBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink When it rains, it pours. This is Broadway star and RuPaul's Drag Race alum Jinkx Monsoon, and she had a few cleverly-placed words for the author best known for creating the Harry Potter series. Jamie Mccarthy / Getty Images In addition to winning Season 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race and Season 7 of Drag Race All Stars, Jinkx has starred on Broadway as Ruth in Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, and "Mama" Morton in Chicago. She is set to take over as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! in August 2025. Cbs Photo Archive / Getty Images In a clip for her upcoming interview with Ziwe, Jinkx answered a cheeky question about whether or not J.K. Rowling would "make a good Roxy Hart in Chicago." Michael Loccisano / Getty Images, Dave J Hogan / Getty Images Jinkx feigned confusion about J.K.'s identity, seemingly addressing a larger conversation surrounding the British author's anti-trans politics. "Who is Jake? Who is he? Jake Hay Rowling?" Jinkx asked. @ziwe / instagram.com When Ziwe pointed out that J.K. was a "she", Jinkx immediately said, "Oh, dear. That is not a feminine name in the slightest." @ziwe / instagram.com Jinkx then suggested that J.K. intentionally misled readers about her gender. "I know that oftentimes, female authors use initials so that people assume it's a male writer," Jinkx said, before adding, "I 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." @ziwe / instagram.com Ziwe and Jinkx locked eyes for a moment, and she responded, "Gagging." @ziwe / instagram.com In a July 2017 Teen Vogue interview, J.K., whose real name is Joanne, revealed that her publisher for Harry Potter suggested she "disguise" the fact she was a woman so the book "might appeal" to all genders. The author said it didn't last long because once she got a lot of publicity and an advance from America, she was "outed as a woman." Notably, J.K. also writes the Cormoran Strike series under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Karwai Tang / Getty Images Over the last few years, J.K. has made headlines for her anti-trans comments and active campaigning against laws in the UK that would allow transgender people to change their legal gender. Earlier this year, when the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the legal definition of a woman only applied to those whose biological sex is female, J.K. shared a photo with the caption, "I love it when a plan comes together." Andrew Milligan - Pa Images / Getty Images Watch the clip from Jinkx's interview with Ziwe below: View this photo on Instagram @ziwe / instagram.com The full interview airs on July 31 at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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Jinkx Monsoon Just Mocked J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Views By Saying This About The Author's Unique Pen Name
July 31, 2025
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