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Daniel Radcliffe says rupture with JK Rowling over trans rights is ‘really sad’


Harry Potter star reveals in interview that he has had no contact with Rowling since the author’s gender-critical statements on trans women

Radcliffe and Watson’s dispute with Rowling dates back to the latter’s intervention in the growing controversy between trans-rights activists and gender-critical feminists in 2020. 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.” In 2020, Radcliffe had been joined in opposing Rowling’s position by Potter co-stars Watson and Rupert Grint, as well as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them star Eddie Redmayne.

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