British author J.K. Rowling (54), best known for her "Harry Potter" series, is criticized for allegedly hostile statements. Now Daniel Radcliffe (30), who made the film versions of the popular books famous, has made public statements about the transphobia allegations.
The controversial statements by J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling had posted several controversial tweets about transsexuals over the weekend. The author wrote an article, in which women were called "menstruating" that there was a word for it and denigrated the English word "women" to "wumben", "wimpund" or "woomud". When she was criticized for this statement by transgender activists, she followed up.
Rowling tweeted, for example, that they love trans people and respect their rights. However, the biological gender is a reality. Your reasoning: "If the gender is not real, there is no same-sex attraction. If the gender is not real, the reality of life of women worldwide will be erased." Her life was shaped by her feminine identity. "It's not hate to tell the truth."
That's what Daniel Radcliffe says
Daniel Radcliffe disagrees with the author. His statement was published on the homepage of the Trevor Project, an American non-profit organization that works for young people in the LGBTQ community. The actor has worked with the organization for around a decade. "Transgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and contradicts all advice from health care professional organizations that have far more expertise on the subject than Jo (Joanne K. Rowling, ed. Red.) Or me, "said Radcliffe.
The actor also apologizes to all "Harry Potter" fans who violated these comments. However, he hoped that she would neither "dirty" nor "narrow" her experience with the books. Don't lose sight of what you've learned from these stories. Whatever lessons you learned from the books were between the work and the reader. And that is "sacred". Nobody could change that.