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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 individuality and rights.
The scribe 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 deliver you a very public apology... protected in the learning that you will forgive them..."
The Harry Potter author responded: "Not safe, I'm afr
JK Rowling’s journey from Harry Potter creator to gender-critical campaigner
Cocktail in hand and puffing on a celebratory cigar onboard her superyacht, reportedly somewhere in the Bahamas, JK Rowling acknowledged on social media after this week’s UK supreme court ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.
“I love it when a plan comes together,” she posted on X, borrowing the catchphrase from the popular 80s TV series The A-Team.
She added, referencing the acrimonious and polarised gender identification debate: “To those celebrating the fact that I’m smoking a blunt [a type of joint]: it’s a cigar. Even if it decided to name as a blunt for the purposes of this celebration, it would linger objectively, provably and demonstratively a cigar.”
It was a typical response from the 59-year-old multimillionaire creator of the Harry Potter franchise, who has over recent years regularly utilised social media in her help of women-only spaces, and who has been a vocal and financial supporter of For Women Scotland, having donated £70,000 to the group’s crowdfunding for the legal challenge that culminated in Wednesday’s ruling.
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JK Rowling's gay expose fails to impress fans
LONDON (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION) - J.K. Rowling's revelation that two "Harry Potter" characters were in a gay bond has sparked an angry backlash, with some fans accusing her of modifying her books to keep up with social trends.
In 2007, Rowling outed Albus Dumbledore, the leader of Hogwarts educational facility in the best-selling books, saying he had fallen in love with Gellert Grindelwald - a fellow wizard.
More than a decade on, she said there had been a "sexual dimension" to their relationship, head to accusations on social media that she was trying to "score brownie points" with the LGBT+ community.
"You had your chance to make Dumbledore/Grindelwald same-sex attracted when you, you know, wrote the books/made the movies," tweeted #ZoeyReport - one of many fans who criticised the move.
Rowling's spook declined to comment on the response.
Retroactive continuity, or "retcon" - whereby authors or film-makers retrospectively change original storylines, often to take them into line with modern views - is becoming more common.
Marvel Comics came under passion for making the lead character of its latest show Captain Marvel a woman - even thoug
J.K. Rowling's name has turn into synonymous with her celebrated "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 moment 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
J.K. Rowling has confirmed that some of the characters in the "Harry Potter" universe are gay. Some fans, however, are perturbed that these characters don't actually identify as homosexual in the books or movies.
In a special features interview for the "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" BluRay release, Rowling confirmed a relationship between characters Dumbledore and Grindelwald. "Their relationship was incredibly intense. It was warm, and it was a love relationship," Rowling said. The Twitter account "The Rowling Library" transcribed this section of the interview.
"But as happens in any relationship, gay or direct or whatever label we want to put on it, one never knows really what the other person is feeling. You can't know, you can believe you know," Rowling continued. "So I'm less interested in the sexual side – though I believe there is a sexual dimension to this relationship – than I am in the perception of the emotions they felt for each other, which ultimately is the most fascinating thing about all human relationship."
Rowling previously revealed Dumbledore was same-sex attracted and even responded to a fan who tweeted they couldn't "see" the headmast