Gender surgeon says JK Rowling should ‘not comment on stuff that she doesn’t know much about’

Mr James Beringer has commented on JK Rowling’s views on transgender issues (Image: YouTube/LadBible TV; WikiMedia/Dan Ogren)

A prominent UK gender surgeon has expressed concern over JK Rowling‘s public statements about transgender individuals, saying the author’s comments on trans issues are “somewhat ill-informed”.

In a video interview on LadBible’s YouTube channel, Mr James Bellringer, a consultant urologist specialising in gender reassignment surgery in trans women, said he wished Rowling would “stick out of what I do and not comment on stuff that she doesn’t know much about.”

“It seems slightly unfair to use her privileged position to make, I think, somewhat ill-informed comment about this patient group,” he added, also saying, “I’m not going to try and write a children’s book tomorrow.”

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