JK Rowling Calls For Marks & Spencer Boycott After Transgender Employee Allegedly Distresses Girl Buying Bra, Slams the UK Retailer in Series of Tweets!
M&S has been under the wrath of criticism after a transgender member of staff, a biological male, asked a teenage girl in the lingerie section if she needed help with a bra fitting. The girl’s mother called the attend 'completely inappropriate' and issued a complaint to the brand.
JK Rowling has called for a boycott of Marks and Spencer over the brand’s latest transgender bra fitting row. In a series of tweets on X (formerly Twitter), the Harry Potter author heavily criticised the UK retailer, urging a complete boycott if it continues to allow transgender women into female changing rooms. “It's time for women to vote with their wallets. If stores like M&S continue to flout the Supreme Court ruling on women-only spaces, prioritising the wishes of men who want to undress near, or help fit bras on teenage girls, a boycott seems appropriate,” she wrote in a tweet. M&S has been under the wrath of criticism after a transgender member of staff, a biological male, allegedly asked a teenage girl in the lingerie section if she needed help with a bra fitting. The distressed girl’s mother called the attend “completely inappropriate” and issued a complaint to the brand. M&S apologised for the incident but so far has made no commitment that trans staff or customers would be instructed to stay out of female changing rooms.
JK Rowling Calls For M&S Boycott
It's time for women to vote with their wallets. If stores like M&S continue to flout the Supreme Court ruling on women-only spaces, prioritising the wishes of men who want to undress near, or help fit bras on teenage girls, a boycott seems appropriate.https://t.co/9RsUetLEVA
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 4, 2025
Author JK Rowling Criticises Marks & Spencer
Let me make this really easy for you, India. Lesbians belong in the women's changing room because they're women. Cross-dressing men who offer to fit bras on teenage girls belong in a police interview room. pic.twitter.com/6CsghFIqIE
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 6, 2025
JK Rowling's Tweets Go Viral
It's really quite astounding how many men are willing to state publicly that mothers shouldn't teach their teenage daughters to say 'no' to male strangers offering to help with their bras. @DavidLyddon pic.twitter.com/y8fkFX6FpV
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 6, 2025
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