'JK Rowling is absolutely right': Elon Musk agrees with 'Harry Potter' author on gender dysphoria

'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling. (right) X owner and the richest person in the world Elon Musk. (Image credit: AFP)

JK Rowling has recently claimed that the "best cure" for gender dysphoria is to let children go through puberty. The Harry Potter author who has faced severe backlash for her remarks about the lives of trans people in recent years recently found some favour with the richest person in the world, Elon Musk.

“The vast majority of children grow out of gender dysphoria if allowed to go through puberty. The single best cure is letting nature take its course,” Rowling wrote on X, referring to a study by the Society For Evidence Based Gender Medicine.

This is false. The vast majority of children grow out of gender dysphoria if allowed to go through puberty. The single best cure is letting nature take its course.https://t.co/NlGjYwULLm

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— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 17, 2024

Responding to a report on this, Musk wrote on X: "Well, JK Rowling is absolutely right! Almost every child goes through some kind of identity crisis during puberty. It is deeply wrong to make them permanently infertile with 'puberty blockers'. If they still wish to transition as adults, provided they are fully informed of the risks, they can then make decisions as consenting adults."

Well, @jk_rowling is absolutely right!

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Almost every child goes through some kind of identity crisis during puberty. It is deeply wrong to make them permanently infertile with “puberty blockers”.

If they still wish to transition as adults, provided they are fully informed of… https://t.co/4THoppUaqy

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 19, 2024

Previously, during one of the times when Rowling was sharing her anti-trans views on X, Musk had called for her to write less about trans people and share “interesting and positive content” on the social media platform instead.