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Trans women are women, trans men are men, and nonbinary identities are valid. “As someone who has worked with both JK Rowling and members of the trans community, I wanted to make it absolutely clear where I stand. “Respect for transgender people remains a cultural imperative, and over the years I have been trying to constantly educate myself. Redmayne, who appeared in Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts franchise and played a transgender woman in The Danish Girl, released a lengthy statement to Variety. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. It’s clear that we need to do more to support transgender and nonbinary people, not invalidate their identities, and not cause further harm.' According to The Trevor Project, 78% of transgender and nonbinary youth reported being the subject of discrimination due to their gender identity.

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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. While Jo is unquestionably responsible for the course my life has taken, as someone who has been honored to work with and continues to contribute to The Trevor Project for the last decade, and just as a human being, I feel compelled to say something at this moment. Rowling and myself,” he said, “but that is really not what this is about, nor is it what’s important right now. “I realize that certain press outlets will probably want to paint this as in-fighting between J.K. Radcliffe, Harry Potter himself, was the first star from the franchise to release a statement ( via The Trevor Project) about Rowling’s comments. The celebrity and industry's initial response: But there's just something, is it because it used to be a place of shelter and safety to us I suppose, so I think, I, I am very drawn to them, even though they can be spooky.This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. 'The advantage of a forest is it can be so many things: it can be a place of enchantment, you never imagine a crowd in a forest, it's a solitary place. 'I'm very drawn to, to a forest and it's my favorite part of the Hogwarts grounds,' Rowling said in a November 2006 interview with James Runcie, which has been obtained by ABC News. Rowling and Potter share the same birthday - July 31 - and Rowling, with her sister Di, endured similar childhood traumas and massive disappointments, as the novels' protagonist.Īt the impressionable age of nine, Rowling's family moved from the suburbs to the country, near the Forest of Dean - a location that offered a range of imaginative possibilities: magical creatures, mystery and intrigue for Rowling. Her house even had a cupboard under the stairs but unlike Potter, Rowling didn't have to sleep there. Like her orphaned hero, Joanne Rowling was brought up on suburban British streets like the one the Dursleys live on, in the books, in the south of England, outside Bristol. Yet Rowling, a slender, down-to-earth woman, still seems surprised at her success. Behind the witchcraft and the wizardry lie an intensely moral fable about good and evil, love and hatred, life and death. ET on ABC.Īn epic saga of childhood confusion, danger and adventure, Harry Potter is more than just a children's story. Rowling: A Year in the Life,' Thursday, July 16 at 8 p.m.

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Though the series has taken her 17 years to write, when Rowling began putting words to paper, it was magic. Rowling, who was a struggling, out-of-work single mom when she decided one day to write a book. And with more than 400 million copies of the 'Harry Potter' books sold around the world and earnings for the first five movies reaching $4 billion, Harry Potter has become a multi-billion dollar brand.īut before becoming a worldwide phenomenon, Harry Potter existed only in the mind of Joanne, better known to the world as author J.K. July 15, 2009— - The heart-pounding, often harrowing tales of a young wizard and his friends battling the forces of evil have introduced a generation to reading.

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