most real-life villain thinks they are doing good. JK Rowling rhetoric is all about “protecting women”. She probably is certain she is some sort of martyr trying to save the world

so 3 different agenda, with the same result. Probably it is as coincidental as that

she seems pretty vocal about it : https://theweek.com/feature/1020838/jk-rowlings-transphobia-controversy-a-complete-timeline

I get it. But that smokescreen is achieved with anti-immigrant rhetoric. Throwing Trans in , seems so random

You might be right: it’s a rebranding of anti-gay sentiment.

In French we have “a burned cat fear cold water” (chat échaudé craint l’eau froide)