{"id":268145,"date":"2020-06-09T10:49:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T15:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/daniel-radcliffe-rips-j-k-rowling-over-gender-identity-tweets-apologizes-to-fans"},"modified":"2020-06-09T10:50:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T15:50:08","slug":"daniel-radcliffe-rips-j-k-rowling-over-gender-identity-tweets-apologizes-to-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/daniel-radcliffe-rips-j-k-rowling-over-gender-identity-tweets-apologizes-to-fans","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Radcliffe Rips C.T. Rowling Over Gender Identity Tweets, Apologizes to Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-163503\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"30.4094067344\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.7207865169\">\n<section id=\"cb-a8ae2c6cc9ada63f5871de2c5a9e9502\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"British people\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Daniel-Radcliffe-Rips-J.K.-Rowling-Over-Gender-Identity-Tweets-Apologizes-to-Fans.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"British people\"\/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-60ed4a16fe618cea5b6e73075345a76d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Harry Potter himself is shutting down his own creator\u2019s views on gender identity and trans people, and his message about equality is pretty magical.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a0fe17389dadc2c8fe8b1cc521f468a0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29.8648648649\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/daniel-radcliffe\/\"><strong>Daniel Radcliffe<\/strong><\/a> responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/j-k-rowling\/\"><strong>J.K. Rowling<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s controversial thoughts about the subject through an essay on The Trevor Project \u2014 an org that advocates for suicide prevention in the LGBTQ community \u2014 and begged J.K. (he calls her Jo) to have a change of heart.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bae2019c93f637b651694b8d5897713a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>He wrote, \u201cTransgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo or I.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-be5bb4a6518b5ab6900047b2667a98d0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"41\">\n<p>He went on to cite alarming stats about discrimination against trans youth and non-binary people, writing, \u201cIt\u2019s clear that we need to do more to support transgender and nonbinary people, not invalidate their identities, and not cause further harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-096f56c2b46acec8b6ed185a0e062876\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-document-block canvas-document-block-permalink canvas-document-block--default \">\n<div class=\"document-block flex-column\">\n <a class=\"media-link document-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.tmz.com\/document\/82\/o\/2020\/06\/09\/822c9942655842af8315b7a6c72002d9.pdf\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:document-asset:document_pdf_20200609_822c9942655842af8315b7a6c72002d9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a26dba26-95ba-483f-9f51-16348b745763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Daniel Radcliffe\" alt=\"Daniel Radcliffe\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1591715032_504_Daniel-Radcliffe-Rips-J.K.-Rowling-Over-Gender-Identity-Tweets-Apologizes-to-Fans.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/><\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6f696a8ad4cefb6e789ee209bb17ea5e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>ICYMI \u2026 J.K. caught a ton of flak this weekend for nitpicking the phrase \u201cpeople who menstruate\u201d which she came across in a NYT headline. Her feeling is \u2026 only women menstruate, so when talking about that \u2014 we supposedly oughta just refer to them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4d1fc3a4a7c86759a66cd70ac1058858\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>The Internet fired back at her, pointing out trans men and others who don\u2019t identify with traditional gender identities \u2026 can also menstruate. J.K. doubled and tripled down, refusing to cede ground and pissing off many Potter fans in the process.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-010ce6f43030c3bd001d55a21e8da5df\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-be0615ba25a40ac218ff00c6104107bd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"39\">\n<p>Daniel even apologizes in his open letter to those same fans, writing \u2026 \u201cTo all the people who now feel that their experience of the books has been tarnished or diminished, I am deeply sorry for the pain these comments have caused you. I really hope that you don\u2019t entirely lose what was valuable in these stories to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/06\/09\/daniel-radcliffe-jk-rowling-trans-gender-identity-tweets\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/daniel-radcliffe-rips-j-k-rowling-over-gender-identity-tweets-apologizes-to-fans\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Potter himself is shutting down his own creator\u2019s views on gender identity and trans people, and his message about equality is pretty magical. 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