Daniel Radcliffe and Warner Brothers Respond to J.K. Rowling's Controversial Statements

Some of the voices who've been critical include the stars of her own movie, including the biggest star, Daniel Radcliffe. That's right, Harry Potter himself responded./nIn that statement, he wrote, "'Transgender women are women. Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people.'"/nWarner Brothers, the studio that released the Harry Potter films, released a statement that didn't denounce JK by name, but said they support the trans community and inclusivity./nOn June 10, 2020, four days after her initial tweets, rolling published an essay on her website, expanding on her views./nThis isn't an easy piece to write, she begins, for reasons that will shortly become clear./nBut I know it's time to explain myself on an issue surrounded by toxicity./nI write this without any desire to add to that toxicity./nShe then listed her reasons for speaking up, that she had concerns for women-only spaces, like prisons and domestic violence shelters, that she worried about children not old enough to make life-altering medical decisions.