And in another post she said to Mrs Badenochvictory of: “My thoughts and prayers go with David Tennant during this very difficult time.

Mr Tennant, the Doctor Who star, said in June that he wished Ms Badenoch “no longer existed” and would “shut up” because of her views on women’s rights.

Last month, Ms Badenoch promised to give Ms Rowling a peerage should she become Prime Minister. But the writer revealed she had turned down honors from both Labor and Conservative governments in the past, saying she would continue to do the same in the future.

Ms Badenoch criticized Mr Tennant for his controversial remarks, which he made while being honored for his support of the transgender community at the British LGBT Awards.

The then Equalities Minister vowed: “I will not be silent”, adding: “I will not allow myself to be silenced by men who prioritize the applause of Stonewall over the safety of women and girls.

“A wealthy, left-wing white male celebrity so blinded by ideology that he sees no point in attacking the only black woman in government by publicly calling for the end of my existence.”

A strong advocate for single-sex spaces, Ms Badenoch said when she was equalities minister she had strong evidence of young gay and autistic people convinced they were trans instead.

Early elections

She was also in the process of rewriting the Equality Act to clarify that “sex” referred to biological sex when the snap election was called in May.

In an interview with Mumsnet last week, she claimed gender identity had degenerated to the point “where people say they’re 24 different genders and it’s all about how you feel”.

Arguing that someone under 18 cannot be trans, she said: “I fundamentally disagree with the concept of a child being trans when the law talks about doing these things after 18. That’s why I use the term “gender-questioning kids.” »

Ms Rowling has always strongly denied accusations of transphobia after becoming one of the most high-profile celebrities to speak out publicly on issues of gender identity.

In an essay published this year, she said she was witnessing “the greatest attack of my life” on women’s rights and would have been ashamed to remain silent.

She described the trans rights activist movement, which considers transgender women to be women, as “deeply misogynistic, regressive, dangerous in some of its goals and openly authoritarian in its tactics.”