Actor Daniel Radcliffe said he would have been considered cowardly if he had not made a statement after author J.K. Rowling criticized the transgender movement in 2020.
That year, Rowling spoke out and said, “If sex isn’t real, then you’re erasing the lived reality of women all over the world,” and that erasing the concept of sex means “many people… “It takes away the ability to talk meaningfully about one’s life. Not at all.” He hates telling the truth. ”
Radcliffe responded in writing. trevor projectan organization that provides “crisis intervention and suicide prevention services” to LGBTQ youth.
“Transgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and the professional medical community that has far more expertise on this subject than Joe or I. This is contrary to all advice provided by Mr Radcliffe. Rowling is referred to by a shortened form of her first name, Joan.
In an interview with atlantic oceanRadcliffe described any response as cowardly.
“I’ve worked at The Trevor Project for 12 years, and to say nothing would have seemed immeasurably cowardly to me.”
“I wanted to help those who were negatively affected by the comments,” he continued. “If that’s Joe’s opinion, it’s not the opinion of everyone involved in the Potter series,” the actor said.
Radcliffe admitted in an interview that although he had not had direct contact with Rowling over the past few years, he had had indirect interactions with her.
“It makes me really sad in the end,” he told the outlet. “I look at the people I met, the times I met them, the books she wrote, and the worlds she created, and all of that resonates with me very deeply,” he explained. .
The “Harry Potter” star also said a group of then-child actors were being lumped together because of their anti-transgender sentiments.
actress emma watson said in 2020 Co-star Rupert Grint also said, “Transgender people are who they think they are.” said at the time “Trans women are women. Trans men are men.”
Radcliffe said, especially in the British press, “There’s a version of it that says, ‘Are these three kids ungrateful brats?'” I think people have always wanted to write and now they can finally do it. ”
“Obviously, it wouldn’t have happened without Harry Potter.” [Rowling], So without that person, nothing would have happened in my life. “But that doesn’t mean I owe my whole life to others what I truly believe,” he declared.
in a long thread of XRowling said in April 2024 that “dedicated ideologues” had increased anti-trans rhetoric despite information published in a study that ultimately led to the British health system’s withdrawal of hormone blockers for children. He said he has doubled it.
“These people need appropriate restraint before autistic, homosexual, and abused children (groups that are overrepresented in gender clinics) are sterilized, incapacitated, and left alone for life. “Patients,” she added, “are the people who label the opposition as ‘far-right’ because they want to see that there is a balance.”
In contrast, fans Said He said he was waiting for Harry Potter stars Radcliffe and Watson to apologize to Rowling, adding that he was “relieved” that Rowling would forgive them.
Rowling denied that sentiment.
“It’s not safe, and it’s unfortunate. Celebrities who have used their platforms to support a minor’s transition and support a movement aimed at eroding women’s hard-won rights. “Without apologies to traumatized transitions and vulnerable women addicted to single sex.” Space. ”
In response to the exchange, Radcliffe told The Atlantic that he “continues to support the rights of all LGBTQ people” and had “no further comment.”
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