The actress defended the transgender collective that JK Rowling attacked in her comments
British actress Emma Watson published several messages on her Twitter profile on Wednesday in which she supports transgender people, following the statements of her colleagues in "Harry Potter" Daniel Radcliffe and Eddie Redmayne after the comments of the writer JK Rowling.
" Transgender 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," wrote the actress.
Watson is the latest star of the "Harry Potter" saga that contradicts the author’s comments about the transgender collective that already angered Daniel Radcliffe, who stated that he hopes that the words, considered by some transphobic, do not "contaminate" the saga. eyes of his followers.
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The actor said that transgender women "are women" and "any statement to the contrary erases" their "identity" and "dignity" and specified that he had felt "obliged to say something", because Rowling has been responsible for the "course that it has taken his life. "
Now, his partner on the big screen replicated the same idea: "I want my transgender fans to know that I and many other people around the world see, respect and love them for who they are."
Likewise, the star of another of Rowling’s franchises, Eddie Redmayne from "Fantastic Beasts," admitted that he has had to educate himself to be more sensitive.
"Respect for transgender people remains a cultural imperative and, over the years, I have been constantly trying to educate myself. It is an ongoing process," he acknowledged in a statement to Variety magazine.
"I do not agree with JK Rowling’s comments. Transgender women are women, transgender men are men, and non-binary identities are valid," she said.
"I know my dear transgender friends are tired of this constant questioning of their identities, which too often results in violence and abuse. They just want to live their lives peacefully, and it’s time to let them do it."
It all started when on Saturday the writer shared a link to an article entitled "Opinion: Creating a more egalitarian post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate" and ironically said that "those people who menstruate" "used to have a name", alluding to women.
That comment was considered by some users and organizations as discriminatory towards other people who can also menstruate, such as transgender or non-binary gender people, and also towards women who for some reason do not have their periods.
He then wrote a letter in which he opposes removing biological sex from the concept of gender, but assures that he is "on the side of the brave men and women, homosexuals, heterosexuals and trans, who defend freedom of expression, rights and the safety of the most vulnerable in society: young gay men, fragile adolescents and women who want to retain their single-sex spaces. "
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