Daniel Radcliffe explains his response to JK Rowling's remarks

For Daniel Radcliffe, it was like a mission to respond to comments deemed transphobic by JK Rowling.

Since 2020, the author has maintained that gender cannot trump a person's sex.

And therefore, according to its development, transgender women can never be women in the biological sense of the word.

Words that caused an outcry, including within the cast of the

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Daniel Radcliffe had written a column on the LGBT site Trevor Project, in which he claimed that "trans women are women".

If some may have thought that the actor was trying to look good so as not to lose his fans, he explained why he was so publicly committed against the creator of the role that made him famous.

Not the only voice

"The reason I needed to say what I said is because, particularly since 'Potter' ended, I've met many queer and trans youth who have identified immensely with Potter on the subject,” he explained to IndieWire.

“And seeing them hurt (by JK Rowling's comments), I wanted them to know that not everyone in the franchise thinks the same way.

And it was very important.

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The actor is currently continuing to promote his new movie,

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JK Rowling, for her part, still maintains her opinion today, which has earned her the wrath of part of the LGBTQ community, which does not prevent her from releasing books and seeing her works adapted to the cinema.

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