‘Harry Potter’ Star Rupert Grint Responds to J.K. Rowling’s Comments: ‘I Firmly Stand With the Trans Community’

usmagazine.com:

Rupert Grint is the latest Harry Potter cast member to react to J.K. Rowling‘s seemingly anti-trans comments.“I firmly stand with the trans community.

Trans women are women. Trans men are men,” the actor, 31, said in a statement to Us Weekly on Friday, June 12. “We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgment.”Grint, who portrayed Ron Weasley, one of the three main characters in the Harry Potter franchise, is the latest to respond to remarks made by the 54-year-old author.

Rowling received backlash on June 6, when she began talking about the community on Twitter.“If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction.