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J.K. Rowling Indicates She =?ISO-8859-1?B?V29u nQ=?= Forgive Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson For Pro-Trans Statements
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Ubiquitous
2024-04-17 14:34:50 UTC
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“Harry Potter” creator J.K. Rowling indicated that she would not forgive the
actors who starred in the film adaptations of her best-selling book series
for their comments in favor of “trans rights.”

The 58-year-old author has become an outspoken critic of the radical trans
agenda, specifically as it relates to women being protected in society.

Most recently, Rowling shared her concerns about the medical transitioning of
children who believed they were transgender by posting a lengthy thread on X.

One of Rowling’s followers responded to the thread, writing, “Just waiting
for Dan and Emma to give you a very public apology … safe in the knowledge
that you will forgive them … “

Rowling replied, “Not safe, I’m afraid. Celebs who cosied up to a movement
intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights and who used their platforms to
cheer on the transitioning of minors can save their apologies for traumatised
detransitioners and vulnerable women reliant on single sex spaces.”

“Harry Potter” stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson publicly denounced
Rowling’s views after several of her tweets went viral in 2020.

Rowling also posted an essay to her website in June 2020, saying in part, “I
refuse to bow down to a movement that I believe is doing demonstrable harm in
seeking to erode ‘woman’ as a political and biological class and offering
cover to predators like few before it.”

Around the same time as Rowling’s comment, Watson, who played the character
Hermione in the film franchise, posted on her own social media that “Trans
people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without
being constantly questioned or told they aren’t who they say they are.”

“I want my trans followers to know that I and so many other people around the
world see you, respect you and love you for who you are,” Watson added.

Radcliffe expressed similar sentiments in 2020 after the comments went viral.
“Transgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the
identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given
by professional healthcare associations who have far more expertise on this
subject matter than either Jo [Rowling] or [me],” the actor said at the time
in a lengthy essay.

“To all the people who now feel that their experience of the books has been
tarnished or diminished, I am deeply sorry for the pain these comments have
caused you. I really hope that you don’t entirely lose what was valuable in
these stories to you.”

Radcliffe specifically voiced his support for trans youth transitioning while
moderating an episode of “Sharing Spaces,” a roundtable series produced by
the activist organization The Trevor Project.

“There are some people in the world who are not trying to engage with this
conversation in any kind of good faith. I think a lot of the time it’s just
’cause people don’t know a young trans person,” Radcliffe said, as The Daily
Wire previously reported.

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Matěj Cepl
2024-06-06 21:25:28 UTC
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Post by Ubiquitous
Around the same time as Rowling’s comment, Watson, who played the character
Hermione in the film franchise, posted on her own social media that “Trans
people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without
being constantly questioned or told they aren’t who they say they are.”
That’s one of the things which confuses me: JKR never said
anything against legally competent adults to live as they
want. Her first post on the topic of women’s rights started with:

Dress however you please.
Call yourself whatever you like.
Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you.
Live your best life in peace and security.
But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real?
#IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill

https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1207646162813100033

But somehow people completely forgot about it.

Best,

Matěj

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