Harry Potter’s Percy Weasley actor Chris Rankin fears JK Rowling’s trans comments are ‘damaging’
metro.co.ukHarry Potter actor Chris Rankin has become the latest star of the franchise to share his thoughts on the JK Rowling controversy, and believes the author’s comments about the trans community are ‘damaging’.
Rowling, 56, came under fire last year for a series of tweets that were deemed to be ‘anti-trans’. On one occasion, the author tweeted a link to an article titled: ‘“Absurdity of police logging rapists as women’, and another with the headline: ‘Opinion: Creating a more equal post-Covid-19 world for people who menstruate.’ Rowling denied she was transphobic and explained that, despite her support of trans people, she feels that an inability to speak about biological sex denies people the experience to describe their ‘lived reality’.
However, several Harry Potter stars, including Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, denounced her comments. Weighing in on the controversy, Chris – who is best known for starring as Percy Weasley in the franchise – said according to Eastern Daily Press: ‘I do a lot of work with charities that are LGBTQ+-focused and I raise money for the Albert Kennedy Trust on a regular basis. ‘A lot of my family are members of the community.
