JK Rowling has donated to a woman who is fundraising for a legal case against her employer who “discriminated against her for having gender-critical views”.
Sara Morrison is suing her former employer, Belfast Film Festival, after she was “suspended” after attending a Let Women Speak rally, a gender-critical event, in the Northern Irish capital last year.
The single mother was attacked online after she attended the event, which was hosted by controversial campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen, also known as ‘Posie Parker’, who has been accused of being anti-trans.
Her lawyer stated that whilst her employer initially supported her, they “wilted in the face of threats” and subsequently suspended her.
To muster up support for her case, she turned to CrowdJustice to take on her employer at the tribunal – and one famous face was keen to get on board.
Rowling, who has been accused of being transphobic as a result of her campaigning for women’s rights, reposted a link to the fundraising page on social media.
“Have donated,” she wrote to her 14.2million followers on X.
Since Rowling’s public donation, Morrison’s fundraising target of £15,000 has been vastly surpassed after she received donations from over 1,000 backers.
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Rowling, who has been accused of being transphobic as a result of her campaigning for women’s rights, reposted a link to the fundraising page on social media
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One donor wrote: “I am a single mum currently going through similar with my employer of 20 years.”
Morrison expressed shock and gratitude to Rowling after she announced her support.
“Oh my goodness,” Morrison responded.
“Thank you so much Joanne, my hands are shaking.”
To muster up support for her case, Morrison turned to CrowdJustice
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Simon Chambers, Morrison’s lawyer said the extra money means he can now “put as much resource” as possible into her legal battle.
“Sara was harassed and threatened after a video of her speech went viral — ironically all she said is that we should allow for sensible debate on these matters and warned about the treatment she was then subjected to,” solicitor Simon Chambers told the Belfast Telegraph.
“Initially her employers supported her and printed out some of the tweets for her to give to police. But other organisations started a campaign calling her a fascist, anti-trans etc.
“We believe Belfast Film Festival wilted in the face of threats and aligned itself with comments attacking Ms Morrison.”
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