Cynthia Nixon doesn't get where J.K. Rowling is coming from with her take on the trans community.The 54-year-old star, speaking with Independent,said she was confused by the Harry Potter creator's remarks earlier this summer and that her son Samuel, who is transgender, took the remarks to heart after growing up with the Potter anthology.'It was really painful for him because so much of his childhood was tied up with Harry Potter,' Nixon said, adding, 'We’re a Harry Potter family.' The latest: Cynthia Nixon, 54, said in a new interview that JK Rowling's remarks about trans people earlier this summer left her baffled and upset her trans son, and that Rowling's remarks directly contradicted the ideas put forth in her literatureThe Manhattan.