JK Rowling backs Donald Trump's crackdown on 'gender ideology' saying the Left has overseen a 'calamity'

JK Rowling has spoken out in support of Donald Trump's crackdown on transgender and gender identity rights following his return to the White House.

The Harry Potter author claimed 'the Left' had overseen a 'calamity' with their 'embrace of gender identity ideology' as she backed the US President's action.

Following his inauguration yesterday, Mr Trump signed a flurry of executive orders including the pardoning of US Capitol rioters and exiting the Paris climate agreement.

He also ruled that the US will only recognise two sexes - male and female - which are 'not changeable', and demanded officials use the term 'sex' rather than 'gender'.

His order mandates ID documents - such as passports and visas - be based on 'an individual's immutable biological classification as either male or female'.

And federal agencies were urged to end funding to promote 'gender ideology'.

LGBTQ+ rights groups vowed to fight back against Mr Trump's actions, but he found a supporter in Rowling.

The writer, who now dedicates much of her time to clashing with people online about gender issues, posted on X about the US President's order.

She wrote: 'A noisy part of the Left still refuses to step outside their sex-is-a-social-construct bubble and acknowledge that their embrace of gender identity ideology has been a calamity.

'They were warned the right was capitalising on their betrayal of women and girls. They didn't listen.'

In response to Mr Trump's action on his first day back in the White House, Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said: 'We refuse to back down or be intimidated.

'We are not going anywhere, and we will fight back against these harmful provisions with everything we've got.'