The author of the very famous literary saga has once again lashed out against supporters of transgender rights. JK Rowling did not spare even Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, interpreters of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger respectively.
The positions of JK Rowling they are well known about transsexual people, as are the controversies triggered, since 2020, by the declarations in this regard of the author of the saga Harry Potter. In the past, the writer’s drastic opinions have not only inflamed social media. As you will remember, they also made the stars of the movies turn up their noses film adaptations some books about the bespectacled wizard: Daniel Radcliffe And Emma Watson.
The actors have exposed themselves publicly for distance themselves from what Rowling said and, at the same time, express full support towards the transgender community. The British author evidently never digested it. Deadline announced that, in the last few hours, an independent review of the gender identity services for children and young people provided by the British National Health Service.
The four-year review was conducted by Dr Hilary Cass, a pediatrician who was asked to make a series of recommendations to improve these services. Cass, in the report, said that, at the moment, healthcare professionals and patients ‘have no concrete evidence’ on the long-term outcomes of interventions aimed at managing gender-related distress.
What does Rowling have to do with all this? The writer she flew into a rage reading the review and did not hesitate to reveal it on the web. In a post published on X she said she was “damn angry” and accused doctors, celebrities, the media and multinationals of complicity. One user responded by citing the names of celebrities who openly expressed their support for the transgender rights, they would have turned their backs on the author. It’s impossible not to bring them up Harry Potter star.
“I’m just waiting for Dan and Emma to make a public apology to you…sure you’ll forgive them.
Rowling didn’t miss an opportunity to throw a dig at her former co-stars and reiterate her point of view, from which, in all these years, she hasn’t budged an inch.
I’m afraid that won’t happen. Celebrities who have thrown their weight behind a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights — and who have used their platforms to encourage minors to transition — can save their apologies for traumatized detractors and the vulnerable women who do reliance on monosexual spaces.
The conflict is, to all intents and purposes, intractable. It’s really unlikely that JK Rowling and the two actors find a meeting point, since they both firmly believe in their own values, which are poles apart. Whether we feel closer to one side or the other, it is sadly evident that mediation or confrontation is not in the air at all.
Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, what they said against JK Rowling
In 2020, Daniel Radcliffe replied to a tweet Of JK Rowling with a post on the web page of Trevor Project:
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 health care associations who have far more experience on this topic than Jo or me. […] It’s clear that we need to do more to support transgender and non-binary people, not invalidate their identities, or cause further harm.
Emma Watsonfor his part, replied directly away Twitter immediately after Radcliffe’s post: “Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told that they are not who they say they are. I want my trans followers to know that I and many others people all over the world we see you, respect you and love you just as you are.”
