Daniel Radcliffe hopes JK Rowling trans tweets don't 'taint' Harry Potter 'Transgender women are women,' the actor wrote, 'any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people'
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In a statement posted on an LGBT suicide prevention charity website, the actor said:"Transgender women are women.JK Rowling had been criticised for tweets taking issue with the phrase"people who menstruate". Writing on The Trevor Project's website he said he was sorry to anyone whose"experience of the [Harry Potter] books has been tarnished".
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