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Rupert Grint joined his Harry Potter co-stars in slamming JK Rowling for making insensitive comments against the trans community. The author posted some highly controversial opinion about trans people on social media earlier this month.

More artists are continuing to speak out against J.K. Rowling and denounce the Harry Potter author for her anti-trans opinions.

Ever since JK Rowling posted her highly controversial opinions on transgender on social media earlier this month, the author is facing a lot of backlash for her comments. Many people, including a list of celebrities, have been slamming the author for posting insensitive comments about the already vulnerable section of the society.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe cast and creative team of FX’s “Pose” are speaking out against J.K. Rowling’s comments about transgender identity.“I think she’s speaking from this place of just sheer stupidity,” Indya Moore, who plays Angel on “Pose,” told Variety on Wednesday afternoon.

Ellise Shafer editorFollowing “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans tweets earlier this week – and her further defense of her comments in a 3,600 word essay – alums of the incredibly successful film franchise as well as other celebrities have publicly spoken out against the British writer.Most recently, Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the series, tweeted a short statement regarding her views on transgender rights.

JK Rowling has come under fire this week for her transphobic tweets where she shared her thoughts about an article that stated “gender non-binary persons menstruate.”

Emma Watson revealed she stands in solidarity with the trans community following J.K. Rowling’s tweets.“Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren’t who they say they are,” Watson, 30, wrote via Twitter on Wednesday, June 10.

Emma Watson, 30, is extending “respect and love” to the transgender community after J.K. Rowling, 54, came under fire for a series of controversial tweets that have been blasted as “anti-trans.” The Harry Potter author has been slammed online, and by Emma’s co-star Daniel Radcliffe — now the actress, who portrayed Hermione in the eponymous fantasy series has broken her silence.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has written a lengthy essay about claims that she’s transphobic, dating back years to tweets she has “liked” in the past that led to claims that she is a TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist).

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEddie Redmayne, the star of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter spinoff franchise Fantastic Beasts, has spoken out against the Wizarding World architect after anti-trans comments she made on Twitter Saturday.“Respect for transgender people remains a cultural imperative, and over the years I have been trying to constantly educate myself.

Eddie Redmayne, who stars as the lead in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, has responded to author J.K. Rowling‘s anti-trans tweets — and made it perfectly clear that her opinion does not reflect his.“Respect for transgender people remains a cultural imperative, and over the years I have been trying to constantly educate myself,” Redmayne, 38, said in a statement obtained by Us Weekly.

“Respect for transgender people remains a cultural imperative, and over the years I have been trying to constantly educate myself,” Eddie Redmayne, star of J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, in a statement to Variety, Eddie, 38, who also portrayed a trans woman in the critically acclaimed 2015 film The Danish Girl, condemned JK’s recent anti-trans tweets.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaEddie Redmayne, star of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them franchise, is speaking out against J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans tweets, as the controversy surrounding the author and her beliefs continues to swirl.“Respect for transgender people remains a cultural imperative, and over the years I have been trying to constantly educate myself,” Redmayne said in a statement provided to Variety.

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2 min read Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has used The Trevor Project to support the trans community following JK Rowling’s recent transphobic comments. Rowling lashed out at an article headline which referred to “people who menstruate.” The headline was intended to be inclusive by acknowledging the reality that transgender men and nonbinary individuals may also menstruate.