{"id":1723892,"date":"2022-11-03T18:04:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T22:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1723892"},"modified":"2022-11-03T18:04:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T22:04:51","slug":"j-k-rowling-vs-the-trans-agenda-heres-what-harry-potter-cast-members-have-said-about-the-ongoing-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-k-rowling-vs-the-trans-agenda-heres-what-harry-potter-cast-members-have-said-about-the-ongoing-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"J.K. Rowling Vs. The Trans Agenda: Here\u2019s What \u2018Harry Potter\u2019 Cast Members Have Said About The Ongoing Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fj-k-rowling-vs-the-trans-agenda-heres-what-harry-potter-cast-members-have-said-about-the-ongoing-battle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1723892&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/jk-rowling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.K. Rowling<\/a> became a billionaire thanks to her brilliantly conceived story of a young wizard named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/harry-potter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Potter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not too long ago, the book and movie franchise had one of the most dedicated fandoms in the world, with Rowling as their beloved matriarch. But then the British born author made the fatal error of veering from the mainstream narrative regarding transgender ideology. In no time, Rowling became a target of effusive hatred normally reserved for conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Fans came after the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d creator, blasting her publicly on social media and private messaging death threats. Rowling has leftist views on most social issues. But insisting that biological men could not become women earned her the scorn of so many fans and former supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Among those were the movie stars who arguably owed their careers to the success of the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d franchise. While most turned against Rowling, ignoring the more sinister threats she was receiving daily, others were brave enough to stand up for her, even when they claimed to disagree with her stance on the trans issue.<\/p>\n<p>It all started in 2020 when the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d creator tweeted the link to an article that referred to women as \u201cpeople who menstruate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018People who menstruate.\u2019 I\u2019m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?\u201d Rowling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1269382518362509313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf sex isn\u2019t real, there\u2019s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn\u2019t 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 isn\u2019t hate to speak the truth,\u201d she continued in a follow-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that women like me, who\u2019ve been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because they\u2019re vulnerable in the same way as women \u2013 ie, to male violence \u2013 \u2018hate\u2019 trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences \u2013 is a nonsense,\u201d Rowling wrote, confirming that while she doesn\u2019t believe in discrimination against trans-identifying people, she also doesn\u2019t \u201cbelieve it\u2019s hateful\u201d to observe biological reality.<\/p>\n<p>Rowling\u2019s tweets got her labeled as a TERF, which stands for \u201ctrans-exclusionary radical feminist.\u201d Then the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d actors began to turn on her.<\/p>\n<p>British star Daniel Radcliffe played the titular character in the film series and decided to pen an essay for LGBTQ nonprofit The Trevor Project in the wake of Rowling\u2019s viral tweets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Jo is unquestionably responsible for the course my life has taken, as someone who has been honored to work with and continues to contribute to The Trevor Project for the last decade, and just as a human being, I feel compelled to say something at this moment,\u201d Radcliffe wrote in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransgender 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 expertise on this subject matter than either Jo or I.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old actor doubled down on that sentiment in 2022. \u201cThe reason I was felt very, very much as though I needed to say something when I did was because, particularly since finishing \u2018Potter,\u2019 I\u2019ve met so many queer and trans kids and young people who had a huge amount of identification with Potter on that,\u201d Radcliffe told IndieWire during a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2022\/11\/daniel-radcliffe-jk-rowling-transgender-harry-potter-1234778156\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so seeing them hurt on that day I was like, I wanted them to know that not everybody in the franchise felt that way\u2026 I don\u2019t think I would\u2019ve been able to look myself in the mirror had I not said anything. But it\u2019s not mine to guess what\u2019s going on in someone else\u2019s head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of Radcliffe\u2019s co-stars felt the same way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI firmly stand with the trans community,\u201d Rupert Grint, the actor who played Ron Weasley, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/harry-potters-rupert-grint-responds-to-j-k-rowlings-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement to Us Weekly in June 2020. \u201cTrans women are women. Trans men are men. We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren\u2019t who they say they are,\u201d Emma Watson, who played Hermione, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaWatson\/status\/1270826851070619649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> on Twitter in June 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want my trans followers to know that I and so many other people around the world see you, respect you and love you for who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them\u201d star Eddie Redmayne pledged his allegiance to the trans community but also said critics were being way too hard on Rowling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs someone who has worked with both J.K. Rowling and members of the trans community, I wanted to make it absolutely clear where I stand,\u201d the actor said in a statement in June 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI disagree with Jo\u2019s comments. Trans women are women, trans men are men and non-binary identities are valid. I would never<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author J.K. Rowling became a billionaire thanks to her brilliantly conceived story of a young wizard named Harry Potter.\u00a0 Not too long ago, the book and movie franchise had one of the most dedicated fandoms in the world, with Rowling as their beloved matriarch. But then the British born author made the fatal error of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1723895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1723892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1723895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1723892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1723892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1723892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}