Kemi Badenoch Proposes Peerage for JK Rowling Over Gender Rights Advocacy
Badenoch, a Tory leadership contender, praises Rowling's stance on sex-based rights and suggests a peerage for the author.
- Kemi Badenoch, the shadow communities secretary, expressed her support for JK Rowling's views on sex-based rights and indicated she would offer her a peerage.
- Badenoch criticized those who oppose sex-based rights as 'oddballs and bad people' and praised Rowling for her advocacy.
- Baroness Hilary Cass, who conducted a review on children's gender services, was recently elevated to the House of Lords, a move supported by Badenoch.
- The Tory leadership race is ongoing, with Badenoch and Robert Jenrick as the final contenders, and ballots are being sent to party members this week.
- Rowling recently participated in a protest against the Scottish Government's gender reforms by identifying as a 'believer in biology' in the census.