The successful "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has caused misunderstandings in many places with questionable statements about transsexuals. After Daniel Radcliffe (30) and Eddie Redmayne (38), Emma Watson (30) has now spoken out on this matter clearly opposed to Rowling's views via Twitter.
In several consecutive tweets, Watson writes: "Transsexuals (…) deserve to be able to live a life without being constantly questioned or being told that they are not what they say they are." That was exactly what Rowling had indirectly questioned with her criticized statements when she said, among other things, that the biological sex is an inevitable reality. She has justified her fear that women could therefore become more victims of sexual assault, with the words: "If you open bathroom and dressing room doors for a man who feels or believes to be a woman, you open it Door for all men who want to get in. "
Watson now contradicts these views and makes it clear: "I want my transsexual followers to know that I and many other people around the world recognize, respect and love you for what you are." She also pledged her support to two organizations working for the rights of transsexuals and called on her nearly 30 million Twitter followers to do the same.