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JK Rowling reignites row with Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson
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Author JK Rowling has reignited a row with Harry Potter stars Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe over the issue of transgender culture and rights.
The penner hit out at "celebs" who she said had "used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors".
Radcliffe and Watson are among the film's cast members who spoke out against Rowling's stance on gender identity in 2020.
The BBC has asked Radcliffe and Watson for responses to her latest comments.
Rowling has also welcomed a review that raised concerns about gender identity services for under-18s.
On Wednesday, the Cass Review said children had been let down by "remarkably weak" evidence on medical intervention in gender care.
Rowling described the inform as "a watershed moment".
One social media user replied to her: "Just waiting for Dan and Emma to provide you a very public apology... secure in the truth that you will forgive them..."
The Harry Potter author responded: "Not safe, I'm afr
J.K. Rowling's name has grow synonymous with her famous "Harry Potter" book series, but she is also famous for something more controversial: her public and often contentious views on the transgender community. While the final "Harry Potter" book was released in 2011, the last several years have seen a renewed uptick in news about Rowling due to her disparaging remarks about transgender people. This has led to backlash from many in the fantasy community and even from the three stars of the acclaimed "Harry Potter" film series. But despite the controversy, Rowling has not shown any signs of slowing down.
2018: Rowling 'likes' an anti-trans tweet, says it was an accident
An early instance of Rowling facing allegations of transphobia came in March 2018, when she was slammed for "liking" a tweet that referred to trans women as "men in dresses." But the author's spokesperson told Pink News this was purely an accident. "I'm afraid J.K. Rowling had a clumsy and middle-aged moment and this is not the first second she has favorited by holding her phone incorrectly," the spokesperson said.
Rowling later said she "absent-mindedly" liked the tweet when she meant to screenshot it
JK Rowling dismisses backlash over trans comments: 'I don't care about my legacy'
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has said she is not concerned about how the backlash to her position on trans person issues will affect her legacy.
She said anyone who thinks she is has "profoundly" misunderstood her.
She has been called transphobic for her views on gender identity and allowing transitioned women into women-only spaces.
Rowling told a new podcast she "never meant to upset anyone", but added: "However, I was not uncomfortable with getting off my pedestal."
Referring to fans who claim she has "ruined" her legacy, the writer said they "could not have misunderstood me more profoundly".
"I do not walk around my property thinking about my legacy," she continued.
"What a pompous way to survive your life, walking around thinking, what will my legacy be? Whatever, I'll be dead. I concern about now. I take care of about the living."
Threats of violence
Rowling has attracted extensive criticism for a series of comments voicing concerns about how trans issues affect women's right
J.K. Rowling
04.16.2025—Tweeted, “I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights” after a U.K. Supreme Court ruling. The AP reports, “The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding gender nonconforming people from the legal definition in a long-running dispute between a feminist group and the Scottish government.” Rowling posted a photo of herself celebrating, smoking a cigar and holding a glass of wine on her yacht. Rowling was a financial backer of the organization that sued the Scottish National Parliament.
12.28.2024—Made the incorrect and baseless claim that transgender youth do not exist. In a send on X she writes, “There are no gender non-conforming kids. No child is ‘born in the erroneous body’. There are only adults like you, prepared to sacrifice the health of minors to bolster your belief in an ideology that will finish up wreaking more impair than lobotomies and inaccurate memory syndrome combined.” In fact transgender people adults and youth, are people, not an ideology. The Advocate reports, “there are hundreds of studies documenting the existence of non-binary youth and the harmful impacts of the very laws [
J.K. Rowling celebrated UK Supreme Court judgment with a cigar. Backlash was swift.
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling is once again sparking controversy after her social media posts and actions in help of a recent U.K. Supreme Court ruling against gender non-conforming women.
The U.K.'s uppermost court ruled April 16 that the definition of a woman under equality legislation referred to "biological sex" and that trans women with gender recognition certificates are not protected from discrimination as a miss under Britain's Equality Act.
In several posts on X, Rowling celebrated "terfs" and referred to the ruling as "TERF VE Day," a play on V-E Day, the formal end of Planet War II and Nazi occupation in Europe. Since 2019, Rowling has been labeled a "terf," or trans-exclusionary extreme feminist, for her anti-trans views that conflate sex with gender and offer that changing one's biological sex threatens her own gender identity.
"I love it when a schedule comes together," Rowling posted to X alongside "#SupremeCourt" and "#WomensRights" while beachside with a swallow and a cigar. Rowling reportedly donated £70,000 (about $93,000) to For Women Scotland, the campaign group that argued the case, ac