Pansexual nonbinary drag and theatre performer Jinkx Monsoon mocked transphobic billionaire author Joanne Kathleen Rowling for using the pen name J.K. Rowling in order to, allegedly, appear more masculine. Rowling has spent thousands of her own money to help fund anti-trans court cases in her home country of the United Kingdom.In a recent interview with comedienne Ziwe Fumudoh, Fumudoh asked Monsoon whether J.K. Rowling would make a good Roxie Hart in the 1975 stage musical Chicago. In a recent Broadway revival of the musical, Monsoon played Matron Mama Morton Hart, a womans jail supervisor who grants inmates favors in exchange for bribes. Harts character is an anti-hero who murders her abusive extramarital lover, lies about it in court, and then segues her media fame into a career as a stage performer. Her character was played by Rene Zellweger in the musicals 2002 film adaptation. Related JK Rowlings family begged her to shut up about trans people She says she just needed to out herself as anti-trans. In response to Fumudohs question, Monsoon asked, Who is this Jake? Jake Haye? Who is he? Fumudoh responded, He is a she. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Monsoon replied, Oh, that is not a feminine name in the slightest, adding, I know that oftentimes, female authors use initials so that people assume its a male writer.She continues, So, I have to presume that J.K. Rowling was unsatisfied with the way 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.Fumudoh replied, Gagging. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ziwe (@ziwe)Elsewhere in the interview, Fumudoh noted that Monsoonvoiced the villain Emerald in the queer-inclusive TV animated series Steven Universe. Fumudoh asked, Did you do it for the money or just to turn kids queer?Monsoon responded, I have found that the best time to indoctrinate children is at birth, when you decide their gender for them, and then shortly after that, when you decide their religion for them. So by the time that theyre Steven Universe age, Ive got a lot of indoctrination to fight against, so I have to double down on indoctrinating the kids.Elsewhere, Monsoon revealed that she had facial feminization surgery, had her jaw reduced and her brow reduced, and had two hair transplants. She said she didnt plan on having additional gender affirming surgical procedures. She also said that she has been called anti-queer slurs when travelling home from her Broadway performances.She also said that she considered Scar, the villainous lion in the 1994 Disney animated film The Lion King, to be Disneys fruitiest villain, commenting, He probably got that scar being bullied, and thats why hes such an ass***e. Thats why he had to steal the throne, because they were never gonna give it to him with his gay a**. J.K. Rowling uses her fortune to fund anti-trans legal attacksRowling has used her vast wealth, mostly accumulated through the success of herHarry Potterfranchise and its many multimedia spinoffs, to personally fund legal cases aimed at diminishing rights and protections for transgender women in the U.K. and Ireland.A spokesperson for Rowling confirmed that the authors JK Rowling Womens Fund (JKRWF) has been quietly operating since late 2024, managing her ongoing financial support for legal cases involving womens and girls sex-based rights.The fund is just her latest effort to end trans womens rights in the U.K. In February 2024, she pledged a 70,000 (about $89,000) to For Women Scotland (FWS), the anti-trans organization behind the legal challenge that resulted inthe U.K. Supreme Courts rulingthat excluded trans women from the countrys law prohibiting sex-based discrimination. Since late 2024, she has also used JK Rowling Womens Fund (JKRWF) to offer financial legal support to cisgender women who have lost their livelihoods or are facing tribunals due to their anti-trans beliefs, as well as individuals and organizations that are being forced to comply with unreasonable inclusion policies regarding single sex spaces and services, or female-only clubs and events or are challenging legislation which takes away the freedoms or protections [cisgender] women are entitled to.HBO is currently producing aHarry Potterreboot to which Rowling will serve as an executive producer.Casey Bloys, HBOs gay CEO, has repeatedly dismissedconcerns about her toxic transphobia, saying that Rowling is entitled to her personal political views.According toThe Guardian, theHarry Potterfranchise is worth an estimated $25 billion. In a May 28 Blueskypost, British barrister Jolyon Maugham wondered how much of Rowlings fortune would be spent oppressing a minoritised group she doesnt like.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.