“I Love Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson Even More Now”: HP Fans Take Sides After J.K. Rowling’s Rant
Following J.K. Rowling’s refusal to forgive Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for their support of transgender rights, Potterheads have been jumping to the defense of the actors, amid ongoing controversy.
Harry Potter fans have been defending Daniel and Emma, as a person took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to make their stance clear: “J.K. Rowling and her fans once again throwing Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson under the bus.
- Fans supported Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson amid J.K Rowling's critiques of their trans rights allyship.
- J.K Rowling criticized puberty blockers following the Cass Review, sparking controversy.
- Mayo Clinic states GnRH analogs pause puberty without permanent changes, conflicting with the author's stance.
“All they did was say ‘trans people are valid’, Dan even said he respected/owed his career to her, but because they won’t stand with bigotry she’ll happily publicly shame them.”
Another X user wrote: “I’m sure Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are devastated J.K. Rowling won’t accept their ‘apologies’ for not [using] their fame and wealth to s**t on trans people.”
Someone else commented: “Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson have never once mentioned J.K. Rowling by name, they’ve simply expressed allyship and compassion towards trans people and she’s taken it as a personal attack on her.
“Says all you need to know.”
Bored Panda has contacted Emma and Daniel’s respective representatives for comment.
Potterheads rallied behind Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, amid J.K. Rowling’s refusal to forgive their support for transgender rights
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The support for the Harry Potter stars follows J.K.’s string of posts on X about the release of the long-awaited Cass Review.
The review, by pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass, was published after an analysis of gender identity services for minors in the UK concluded that there was a “lack of high-quality research” on the effects of puberty blockers on children.
Following the release of the Cass Review, the 58-year-old author took to her social media to express her “anger” over what she called “severe medical malpractice.”
In a series of X posts shared on Wednesday (April 10), J.K. wrote: “Even if you don’t feel ashamed of cheerleading for what now looks like severe medical malpractice, even if you don’t want to accept that you might have been wrong, where’s your sense of self-preservation?
“The bandwagon you hopped on so gladly is hurtling towards a cliff.
“If I sound angry, it’s because I’m bloody angry.
“I read Cass this morning and my anger’s been mounting all day.
“Kids have been irreversibly harmed, and thousands are complicit, not just medics, but the celebrity mouthpieces, unquestioning media and cynical corporations.”
Image credits: MannEyBistDuDumm
Puberty blockers can be used to delay the changes of puberty in transgender and gender-diverse youth who have started puberty, the Mayo Clinic states. The medicines most often used for this purpose are called gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogs.
Moreover, the renowned medical institution explains that GnRH analogs do not cause permanent physical changes. Instead, they pause puberty, which offers a chance to explore gender identity. It also gives youth and their families time to plan for the psychological, medical, developmental, social, and legal issues that may lie ahead.
When a person stops taking GnRH analogs, puberty starts again, Mayo Clinic notes.
J.K’s jibe at Daniel and Emma came after a fan commented on her X posts saying: “Just waiting for Dan and Emma to give you a very public apology … safe in the knowledge that you will forgive them.”
“The bandwagon you hopped on so gladly is hurtling towards a cliff,” the author said in reference to people’s support of transgender rights
Image credits: Totally Emma Watson
The writer subsequently responded by hitting out at the actor, suggesting she wouldn’t accept their apology. She wrote: “Not safe, I’m afraid.
“Celebs who cozied up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights and who used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors can save their apologies for traumatized detransitioners and vulnerable women reliant on single-sex spaces.”
The philanthropist has often been accused of perpetuating harmful ideologies against transgender people and aligning with TERF values.
TERF stands for “trans-exclusionary radical feminist.” It refers to individuals or groups within feminism who exclude transgender women from their definition of womanhood and feminist spaces.
They often hold beliefs that biological sex is the sole determinant of gender and may oppose transgender rights and inclusion in women’s spaces. TERF ideology has been widely criticized for being transphobic and exclusionary.
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Recent events have strengthened the LGBTQIA2S+ (abbreviated LGBTQ+) communities’ growing disappointment over the author who has inspired so many young readers.
The British native provoked controversy in the past couple of years due to her responses regarding proposed changes to UK gender recognition laws, and her views on sex and gender, which are topics that have divided politics in various countries.
The best-selling author started to fuel debates on transgender rights in 2020, when she wrote on X that transgender people should live their lives as they pleased in “peace and security”, but questioned women being “force[d] out of their jobs for stating that sex is real”.
Following the initial post, J.K. continued to express controversial statements, with another X publication in the same year, where she mocked an article for using the phrase “people who menstruate”, and reshared that women’s rights and “lived reality” would be “erased” if “sex isn’t real”.
“People who menstruate” has been an accepted term to use in order to be more inclusive of people who do not identify as female, but still have their period.
Moreover, sex and gender have been scientifically proven and accepted to be different concepts, with The World Health Organisation explaining that sex refers to “the different biological and physiological characteristics of males and females, such as reproductive organs, chromosomes, hormones, etc.”
Additionally, gender refers to “the socially constructed characteristics of women and men – such as norms, roles and relationships of and between groups of women and men.”
J.K.’s jibe at Daniel and Emma came after a fan commented on her X posts saying: “Just waiting for Dan and Emma to give you a very public apology”
Image credits: A24
In October 2023, J.K. claimed she would “happily” go to jail in order to keep misgendering people in a post on X.
The mom-of-three was reacting to unverified reports about the UK’s Labour Party and their plans to amend an already existing hate crime law to better protect gender identity.
At the time, the writer: “I’ll happily do two years if the alternative is compelled speech and forced denial of the reality and importance of sex.
“Bring on the court case, I say. It’ll be more fun than I’ve ever had on a red carpet.”
Image credits: EmmaWatson
She also went on to reply a simple “no” to a photo posted on X which showed the phrase, “repeat after us: trans women are women” being projected on a government building.
Tia Latham, an intersex woman with what she has described to be a transgender experience told Bored Panda in reaction to J.K.’s X transphobic rants: “The impact is detrimental to the trans community, it plays into many misinformed views that have been curated by people in positions of power to sensationalize, hyper-sexualize, and attack some of the most vulnerable people in society.”
Transgender people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to experience violent victimization, including rape, sexual assault, and aggravated or simple assault, according to a new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.
J.K. Rowling’s criticism of puberty blockers and the actors continued to ignite heated reactions on social media
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As a postmenopausal biological female on hormone blockers due to breast cancer I do not find the "people who menstruate" description at all inclusive. It's a ridiculous term. If you mean biological female just say that. If you are referring to the female gender as a whole you can add "and those who identify as female." It's not that big of a deal.
It's meant to be inclusive of people who are biologically female but who identify as male, and to be used specifically in the context of reproductive medicine. So it has it's place, but it's a terrible synonym for "biologically female" and when used as such it's not inclusive at all - as you very rightly say.
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We should be far more concerned about the anti-trans crowds obsession with what's between a kids legs than we are, honestly. It's f*****g creepy and has nothing to do with y'all.
This is just BP repackaging an article that didn't get the comments they were expecting to perpetuate genital mutilation of children (https://www.boredpanda.com/j-k-rowling-daniel-radcliffe-emma-watson-transgender-cass-review/) She didn't say anything negative toward the trans community per se, but toward those individuals who are willing to allow a minor undergo an extreme irreversible surgery. She's not wrong on that stance and the vast majority of the trans community is on the same side as her. She is considering herself a tad more important than she is expecting her refusing forgiveness to mean anything substantial. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater on this on, people. She's sort of full of herself refusing forgiveness and thinking that will change things, but she's correct on the stance that minors should not undergo these surgeries. Once a minor becomes an adult who can be trusted to vote, buy alcohol, have a career, etc., then *THEY* can truly decide what to do.
They are talking about medication to hold off puberty, not invasive surgery...
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The number of upvotes on anti-trans comments here on BP is...deeply disappointing
Who gives a good fat rat's @ss what she thinks? Whether or not she supports or endorses ANYTHING is not important, and for her to wait for someone to apologize to her over her misguided opinion is somewhere between laughable and delusional. The fact that people react to the foolishness she spouts is what keeps her and nonsense "trending" to begin with. Folks should just ignore her and hopefully, like a nagging rash, she goes away.
Rowling? You might dislike her for choosing to make anti-trans issues her hill to die on - and to be clear, I REALLY do - but before she swallowed that pill, she did a lot of good. She made a serious positive difference to the abusive treatment of children with mental illness in Czechia, where I live. Of course, now her influence directly harms children dealing with gender dysphoria - undoing a lot of the good she did. It's very, very sad.
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I am fond of the saying "you don't shít where you eat". While JK is more than welcome to her close minded opinion, expressing it when a percentage of where your money is coming from (i e fans buying your books) is literally cutting the nose to spite your face 👍
This article is so misleading. No, FANS didnt support Watson and Radcliffe; SOME fans did. And some fans supported Rowling. Why dont you write an HONEST article, Andréa Oldereide, rather than a weighted one.
JK Rowling sure became the person the internet loves to tell you you should hate. Lurking around, you might even think the hate for her it's immense, but it's not. Far from it. People who aren't chronically online simply do not care about her or her opinions. Proof of it is the HP franchise still thriving, getting a new adaptation soon and Hogwarts Legacy was literally the best-selling game of 2023. Take in mind next time you go on a rant about how much of a Satan she is; it does not affect her or the franchise, and the world won't change at all in the end.
@ Chad Miller: “God have mercy on those children who have been sacrificed.” Can you please explain why your “god” is allowing these “sacrifices” in the first place? Rather than having mercy afterward, why doesn’t he prevent it in the first place? Could it be that he’s happy people found are finding ways to fix the mistakes he made when he created ‘em? I suspect it’s because he approves of people living the way they want to. Hell; he’s prolly irritated at all of you railing against people wanting to live happy, safe lives.
i dont really care about such things. all the smart people already know the right opinions already. so this changes nothing.
Seems like you can't speak the truth these days. Thank God JK Rowling isn't afraid to speak out. I'm all for calling someone a trans woman or a trans man, but let's not pretend they're an actual woman or man.
Of course you can speak “the truth,” whatever that is. What you can’t do is expect everyone to agree with what you say.
Load More Replies... It’s depressing that you’re being downvoted, though I’m wondering whether people aren’t parsing your sentence properly. (Remember that 50% of the world population is of average and lower intelligence.) It’s possible that they read it quickly and got your meaning wrong? (Oh, I dearly hope that’s the case, though there’s a shocking number of asswipes here who DON’T want people to feel safe and happy in their lives. 😞)
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People are having a hard time distinguishing the difference between saying "No" to allowing a minor, a CHILD to undergo irreversible surgery and transphobia or trans hate. Telling a child, "If this is something you truly want, you'll have to wait until you're 18. If you still want this by then, then it's your decision to make." is not a phobia and is not hate. It *is* telling a child there are adult decisions and this is one of them, so they'll need to wait until then. Nothing is stopping that child from dressing and acting the part. If a teen minor wanted a boob job or a penis job, they would be told to wait more than they'd be encouraged to go through with it. The focus is the extremeness of this specific type of surgery, not the lifestyle, but it doesn't seem people are ready to have that discussion. I would upvote you a thousand times over if I could.
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The Cass report didn't vindicate s**t. Its two findings are 1) Uhh there's no evidence either way and 2) Could everyone please stop shouting
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Gender is determined socially. Sex is determined at conception.
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As a postmenopausal biological female on hormone blockers due to breast cancer I do not find the "people who menstruate" description at all inclusive. It's a ridiculous term. If you mean biological female just say that. If you are referring to the female gender as a whole you can add "and those who identify as female." It's not that big of a deal.
It's meant to be inclusive of people who are biologically female but who identify as male, and to be used specifically in the context of reproductive medicine. So it has it's place, but it's a terrible synonym for "biologically female" and when used as such it's not inclusive at all - as you very rightly say.
Load More Replies... We should be far more concerned about the anti-trans crowds obsession with what's between a kids legs than we are, honestly. It's f*****g creepy and has nothing to do with y'all.
This is just BP repackaging an article that didn't get the comments they were expecting to perpetuate genital mutilation of children (https://www.boredpanda.com/j-k-rowling-daniel-radcliffe-emma-watson-transgender-cass-review/) She didn't say anything negative toward the trans community per se, but toward those individuals who are willing to allow a minor undergo an extreme irreversible surgery. She's not wrong on that stance and the vast majority of the trans community is on the same side as her. She is considering herself a tad more important than she is expecting her refusing forgiveness to mean anything substantial. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater on this on, people. She's sort of full of herself refusing forgiveness and thinking that will change things, but she's correct on the stance that minors should not undergo these surgeries. Once a minor becomes an adult who can be trusted to vote, buy alcohol, have a career, etc., then *THEY* can truly decide what to do.
They are talking about medication to hold off puberty, not invasive surgery...
Load More Replies... The number of upvotes on anti-trans comments here on BP is...deeply disappointing
Who gives a good fat rat's @ss what she thinks? Whether or not she supports or endorses ANYTHING is not important, and for her to wait for someone to apologize to her over her misguided opinion is somewhere between laughable and delusional. The fact that people react to the foolishness she spouts is what keeps her and nonsense "trending" to begin with. Folks should just ignore her and hopefully, like a nagging rash, she goes away.
Rowling? You might dislike her for choosing to make anti-trans issues her hill to die on - and to be clear, I REALLY do - but before she swallowed that pill, she did a lot of good. She made a serious positive difference to the abusive treatment of children with mental illness in Czechia, where I live. Of course, now her influence directly harms children dealing with gender dysphoria - undoing a lot of the good she did. It's very, very sad.
Load More Replies... I am fond of the saying "you don't shít where you eat". While JK is more than welcome to her close minded opinion, expressing it when a percentage of where your money is coming from (i e fans buying your books) is literally cutting the nose to spite your face 👍
This article is so misleading. No, FANS didnt support Watson and Radcliffe; SOME fans did. And some fans supported Rowling. Why dont you write an HONEST article, Andréa Oldereide, rather than a weighted one.
JK Rowling sure became the person the internet loves to tell you you should hate. Lurking around, you might even think the hate for her it's immense, but it's not. Far from it. People who aren't chronically online simply do not care about her or her opinions. Proof of it is the HP franchise still thriving, getting a new adaptation soon and Hogwarts Legacy was literally the best-selling game of 2023. Take in mind next time you go on a rant about how much of a Satan she is; it does not affect her or the franchise, and the world won't change at all in the end.
@ Chad Miller: “God have mercy on those children who have been sacrificed.” Can you please explain why your “god” is allowing these “sacrifices” in the first place? Rather than having mercy afterward, why doesn’t he prevent it in the first place? Could it be that he’s happy people found are finding ways to fix the mistakes he made when he created ‘em? I suspect it’s because he approves of people living the way they want to. Hell; he’s prolly irritated at all of you railing against people wanting to live happy, safe lives.
i dont really care about such things. all the smart people already know the right opinions already. so this changes nothing.
Seems like you can't speak the truth these days. Thank God JK Rowling isn't afraid to speak out. I'm all for calling someone a trans woman or a trans man, but let's not pretend they're an actual woman or man.
Of course you can speak “the truth,” whatever that is. What you can’t do is expect everyone to agree with what you say.
Load More Replies... It’s depressing that you’re being downvoted, though I’m wondering whether people aren’t parsing your sentence properly. (Remember that 50% of the world population is of average and lower intelligence.) It’s possible that they read it quickly and got your meaning wrong? (Oh, I dearly hope that’s the case, though there’s a shocking number of asswipes here who DON’T want people to feel safe and happy in their lives. 😞)
Load More Replies... People are having a hard time distinguishing the difference between saying "No" to allowing a minor, a CHILD to undergo irreversible surgery and transphobia or trans hate. Telling a child, "If this is something you truly want, you'll have to wait until you're 18. If you still want this by then, then it's your decision to make." is not a phobia and is not hate. It *is* telling a child there are adult decisions and this is one of them, so they'll need to wait until then. Nothing is stopping that child from dressing and acting the part. If a teen minor wanted a boob job or a penis job, they would be told to wait more than they'd be encouraged to go through with it. The focus is the extremeness of this specific type of surgery, not the lifestyle, but it doesn't seem people are ready to have that discussion. I would upvote you a thousand times over if I could.
Load More Replies... The Cass report didn't vindicate s**t. Its two findings are 1) Uhh there's no evidence either way and 2) Could everyone please stop shouting
Load More Replies... Gender is determined socially. Sex is determined at conception.
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