Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe is putting J.K. Rowling on notice after the authors latest transphobic tweets, in which she attempted to define women based on menstruation.
Transgender women are women, Radcliffe wrote in an essay on the website of The Trevor Project , an organization that helps at-risk LGBTQ youth.
He added:
Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo or I.
His essay comes after Rowling mocked a headline referring to people who menstruate and sarcastically wondered aloud : Im sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?
Then, she added:
If sex isnt real, theres no same-sex attraction. If sex isnt real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isnt hate to speak the truth.
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I respect every trans persons right to live any way that feels authentic and comfortable to them. Id march with you if you were discriminated against on the basis of being trans. At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female. I do not believe its hateful to say so.
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Id march with you if you were discriminated against on the basis of being trans. At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female. I do not believe its hateful to say so.
J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2020
Radcliffe also said he was deeply sorry to Harry Potter fans who feel tarnished or diminished by Rowlings comments.
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I really hope that you dont entirely lose what was valuable in these stories to you, he wrote, saying he hopes Rowlings words dont taint the message of love in the books.
If you found anything in these stories that resonated with you and helped you at any time in your life then that is between you and the book that you read, and it is sacred, he wrote. And in my opinion, nobody can touch that.
Radcliffe is a longtime supporter of the Trevor Project and in 2011 was honored with the organizations Hero Award .
Rowling has been under fire for her transphobic comments in the past , including last year when she came out in support of a woman fired for saying people cant change gender identity:
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Dress however you please.
Call yourself whatever you like.
Sleep with any consenting adult wholl 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
Dress however you please.
J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 19, 2019
Call yourself whatever you like.
Sleep with any consenting adult wholl 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
The Human Rights Campaign fired back:
Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
Non-binary people are non-binary.
CC: JK Rowling.
Trans women are women.
Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) December 19, 2019
Trans men are men.
Non-binary people are non-binary.
CC: JK Rowling.
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