Overview

• Martina Navratilova took to X to label Pascal “another Johnny come lately telling women to STFU” after he branded J.K. Rowling a “heinous loser.”
• Pedro Pascal defended his stance in Vanity Fair, citing his transgender sibling and condemning bullying as the motive behind his criticism of Rowling’s views.
• J.K. Rowling has remained defiant, tweeting “God loves a trier” in response to Pascal’s accusations of silencing her support for women’s spaces.
• The dispute began when Rowling celebrated an April UK Supreme Court ruling defining “woman” by biological sex, barring trans women from single-sex facilities.
• The clash highlights the broader divide between gender-critical advocates and transgender rights supporters over definitions of womanhood and protections in sports and public spaces.