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Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe reopens war of words with JK Rowling over trans views insisting he doesn't owe her 'the things he truly believes' just because she made him a superstar - and says he finds the situation 'really sad'
The author, 58, has frequently expressed her views that biological sex is more important than gender identity and that women's spaces should remain single-sex.
Last month, in response to the publication of the Cass review - which claimed, among other recommendations, there was no good evidence to promote puberty-blocking treatments for trans-identifying young people - Rowling insisted she wouldn't forgive stars who had spoken out against her, including Daniel and his Harry Potter co-stars. The Kill Your Darlings actor has long been a supporter of the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ suicide-prevention hotline and crisis-intervention resource, and he felt he had to speak out against Rowling in the wake of her initial tweets in 2020 when she questioned the use of the phrase 'people who menstruate' in place of 'women'. 'These are people who've deemed opponents 'far-right' for wanting to know there are proper checks and balances in place before autistic, gay and abused kids - groups that are all overrepresented at gender clinics - are left sterilised, inorgasmic, lifelong patients.
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