JK Rowling says she'll never forgive Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe
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Harry Potter author JK Rowling has indicated she will not forgive actors Emma Watson or Daniel Radcliffe for showing their support for trans rights.
Rowling's comments come after years of controversy surrounding the author, who has been accused of being transphobic in posts shared online.
In June 2020, Rowling appeared to make light of efforts to be inclusive to the trans community as she shared a link to an article titled: “Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate.”
Alongside the link, Rowling commented: “’People who menstruate’. I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”
As Rowling was hit with backlash, Harry Potter stars Radcliffe and Watson both showed their support for the trans community.
Radcliffe apologized for 'the pain' Rowling's comments had caused and wrote an essay for LGBTQ+ organization The Trevor Project.
Meanwhile, Watson told her trans followers that she and 'so many other people around the world see you, respect you and love you for who you are'.
Rowling continued a discourse about the transgender community in a post shared on X yesterday (April 10), sharing a since-deleted tweet about the Cass Review, which examines gender services for young people in the UK, in particular the use of puberty blockers.
Rowling called paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass' report 'the most robust review of the medical evidence for transitioning children that's ever been conducted'.
"Not safe, I'm afraid," she wrote. "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."
Rowling has previously made clear she would not take back her decision to misgender transgender people, saying she would not 'delete posts calling a man a man'.
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