Overview

• In a Ziwe interview released July 31, Monsoon feigned misgendering Rowling before critiquing her use of initials as a self-crafted male persona.
• She argued that Rowling’s initials-based pen name exemplify hypocrisy in light of the author’s outspoken opposition to UK gender-reform laws.
• During the conversation, Monsoon publicly came out as pansexual and called out anti-LGBTQ+ slurs she has endured.
• The circulating clip has renewed scrutiny of Rowling’s online transphobic comments and her celebration of a UK Supreme Court ruling on legal gender recognition.
• Monsoon will begin an eight-week run as Mary Todd Lincoln in the Broadway play Oh, Mary! on August 4, underscoring her role as a leading queer performer.