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\n Related: <\/span>Tom Felton: J.K. Rowling’s Views Didn’t Affect ‘Harry Potter’ Return<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tHarry Potter star Tom Felton is weighing in on his return to the franchise amid author J.K. Rowling\u2019s controversial views on transgender rights. Felton, 37, is set to reprise his role as Draco Malfoy, which he originated in the film series released between 2001 and 2011, on Broadway in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Over the years, Rowling \u2014 the author of the best-selling Harry Potter<\/i> books \u2014 has made headlines for her comments targeting the trans community, including her public support of anti-trans laws banning trans women from competing in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018People who menstruate.\u2019 I\u2019m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?\u201d Rowling wrote via X<\/span><\/a> in June 2020 while sharing an opinion article titled \u201cCreating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate.\u201d<\/p>\nFive years later, the author praised the<\/span><\/a> U.K. Supreme Court\u2019s ruling that womanhood is legally defined by biological sex.<\/p>\nThe author has denied being transphobic, claiming her views are simply \u201cpro-feminist\u201d and in defense of women.<\/p>\n
\u201cI refuse to bow down to a movement that I believe is doing demonstrable harm in seeking to erode \u2018woman\u2019 as a political and biological class and offering cover to predators like few before it,\u201d she wrote in a June 2020 essay<\/span><\/a>. \u201cI stand alongside the brave women and men, gay, straight and trans, who\u2019re standing up for freedom of speech and thought, and for the rights and safety of some of the most vulnerable in our society: young gay kids, fragile teenagers, and women who\u2019re reliant on and wish to retain their single sex spaces.\u201d<\/p>\nHer essay prompted Harry Potter<\/i> stars Daniel Radcliffe<\/strong>, Eddie Redmayne<\/strong>, Rupert Grint<\/strong> and Emma Watson<\/strong> \u2014 among countless others \u2014 to speak out in defense of trans people and their rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\")
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Five years later, the author praised the<\/span><\/a> U.K. Supreme Court\u2019s ruling that womanhood is legally defined by biological sex.<\/p>\n The author has denied being transphobic, claiming her views are simply \u201cpro-feminist\u201d and in defense of women.<\/p>\n \u201cI refuse to bow down to a movement that I believe is doing demonstrable harm in seeking to erode \u2018woman\u2019 as a political and biological class and offering cover to predators like few before it,\u201d she wrote in a June 2020 essay<\/span><\/a>. \u201cI stand alongside the brave women and men, gay, straight and trans, who\u2019re standing up for freedom of speech and thought, and for the rights and safety of some of the most vulnerable in our society: young gay kids, fragile teenagers, and women who\u2019re reliant on and wish to retain their single sex spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n Her essay prompted Harry Potter<\/i> stars Daniel Radcliffe<\/strong>, Eddie Redmayne<\/strong>, Rupert Grint<\/strong> and Emma Watson<\/strong> \u2014 among countless others \u2014 to speak out in defense of trans people and their rights.<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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