After
Daniel
Radcliffe
opened
up
about
JK
Rowling's
anti-trans
tweets,
more
actors
from
the
Harry
Potter
universe
have
shown
support
for
trans
people.
Earlier
this
week,
Katie
Leung
who
played
Cho
Chang,
took
to
her
Twitter
account
and
shared
a
thread
of
links,
where
people
can
educate
themselves
more
about
the
community
and
show
support
for
black
trans
women.
She
also
used
the
hashtag
#AsiansForBlackLives.
Recently,
Emma
Watson,
Eddie
Redmayne,
and
Bonnie
Wright
have
also
issued
statements
disagreeing
with
JK
Rowling.
Emma
Watson,
who
played
the
lead
character
of
Hermione
Granger,
shared
a
few
tweets
in
support
of
the
transgender
people
and
wrote,
"Trans
people
are
who
they
say
they
are
and
deserve
to
live
their
lives
without
being
constantly
questioned
or
told
they
aren't
who
they
say
they
are."
Saying
that
she
loves
and
respects
the
community,
Emma
added,
"I
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.
Happy
#PRIDE2020
Sending
love
x."
Redmayne,
who
plays
Newt
Scamander
in
the
Fantastic
Beasts
prequel
series,
spoke
to
Variety
magazine
and
said,
"Respect
for
transgender
people
remains
a
cultural
imperative,
and
over
the
years
I
have
been
trying
to
constantly
educate
myself.
This
is
an
ongoing
process.
As
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."
Eddie
Redmayne
Played
Newt
Scamander
In
Fantastic
Beasts
Series
Redmayne
has
played
a
transgender
woman
in
his
Oscar-winning
performance
from
the
film,
The
Danish
Girl.
He
added,
"I
disagree
with
Jo's
comments.
Trans
women
are
women,
trans
men
are
men
and
non-binary
identities
are
valid.
I
would
never
want
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
community
but
I
do
know
that
my
dear
transgender
friends
and
colleagues
are
tired
of
this
constant
questioning
of
their
identities,
which
all
too
often
results
in
violence
and
abuse.
They
simply
want
to
live
their
lives
peacefully,
and
it's
time
to
let
them
do
so,"
Bonnie
Wright
Tweeted:
Transwomen
are
Women
Similarly,
Harry
Potter's
Ginny
Weasley
aka
Bonnie
Wright,
also
put
out
a
tweet
supporting
trans
people.
She
wrote,
"If
Harry
Potter
was
a
source
of
love
and
belonging
for
you,
that
love
is
infinite
and
there
to
take
without
judgement
or
question.
Transwomen
are
Women.
I
see
and
love
you,
Bonnie
x."
Katie
Leung
Tweeted
Series
Of
Support
Petitions
The
backlash
against
JK
Rowling,
first
started
when
she
shared
an
article
that
used
the
phrase
‘People
who
menstruate.'
JK
commented
on
the
piece
and
wrote,
"I'm
sure
there
used
to
be
a
word
for
those
people.
Someone
help
me
out.
Wumben?
Wimpund?
Woomud?"
Emma
Watson
Shared
Love
By
Tweeting:
I
Respect
And
Love
You
For
Who
You
Are
After
being
criticized
as
transphobic,
JK
went
on
to
tweet
claiming
"sex
is
real"
and
trans
women
who
do
not
menstruate
should
not
be
called
women.
She
wrote,
"If
sex
isn't
real,
there's
no
same-sex
attraction.
If
sex
isn't
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't
hate
to
speak
the
truth."
The
article
shared
by
JK
stated
that
approximately
1.8
billion
‘girls,
women
and
gender
non-binary
persons
menstruate'.
Rowling
is
now
being
called
a
TERF
(trans-exclusionary
radical
feminist)
and
a
transphobic
person.