JK Rowling is now represented by a transgender politicianhttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/05/jk-rowling-is-now-represented-by-a-transgender-politician/ 🔗Daniel Villarreal (11 May 2026)
As of last Friday, J.K. Rowling — the anti-transgender billionaire author behind the Harry Potter book series — has a transgender politician representing her in Scotland's Parliament.
Dr. Q Manivannan, the newly elected member of Scottish Parliament (MSP), will represent Edinburgh and Lothians East electoral region, where Rowling lives, Them reported. Manivannan joined Iris Duane as the two newly elected trans MSPs; both are members of the Scottish Green Party. Duane will represent Glasgow.
"This is what diversity looks like in power," Manivannan said during their victory speech, according to The Independent. "My name is Dr. Q Manivannan, I am a transgender Tamil immigrant, my pronouns are they/them."
Manivannan is nonbinary, moved from Tamil Nadu, India to Scotland in September 2021, and was elected while on a temporary student/graduate visa (rather than holding permanent U.K. residency).
"I am to some in this country — everything that the hateful despise — and I am standing here as your MSP now with care," they said in their victory speech.
"Hope. All we ask for is hope," Duane, who uses she/her pronouns, wrote on Instagram Stories in response to the "historic moment" of her election, People magazine reported.
