Daniel Radcliffe has said he is saddened by author J.K. Rowling's stance on transgender rights, telling an interviewer he has not spoken to the 'Harry Potter' creator in years.
LOS ANGELES, California - Daniel Radcliffe has said he is saddened by author J.K. Rowling 's stance on transgender rights, telling an interviewer he has not spoken to the "Harry Potter" creator in years.Radcliffe, who played boy wizard Potter in the wildly successful film adaptations of Rowling's best-selling books, has found himself at odds with Rowling on the thorny issue of gender identity.
In 2020, Radcliffe -- a longtime supporter of the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth suicide-prevention hotline -- responded to some of Rowling's comments on the matter with a statement saying "Transgender women are women."The public split was pounced upon by the British press, not least as the wildly successful Potter franchise had been embraced by children across the board.
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