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submitted 4 months ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

J.K. Rowling is embroiled in a fresh row with another Harry Potter actor over transgender rights.

Following exchanges of fire with Daniel Radcliffe and others, Rowling has blasted David Tennant after the Goblet of Fire star voiced strident views on those who speak out against trans rights.

During an appearance at the British LGBT Awards over the weekend, he called on British equalities minister Kemi Badenoch to “shut up” after she advocated for banning trans women from entering women’s toilets and sports teams.

In an interview at the same event, Tennant called transgender critics “a tiny bunch of little whinging f*ckers who are on the wrong side of history, and they’ll all go away soon.”

Earlier in the week, Rowling branded people like Tennant the “gender Taliban.” In posts on X (once Twitter) on Friday, she expanded her comments to address Tennant’s “wrong side of history” quote.

Rowling wrote: “This man is talking about rape survivors who want female-only care, the nurses currently suing their health trust for making them change in front of a man, girls and women losing sporting opportunities to males and female prisoners incarcerated with convicted sex offenders.”

She added: “For a man who’s supposedly a model of compassion and tolerance, he sure does want a lot of people to cease to exist.”

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[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Another great show he’s in is Good Omens. Highly recommend if you haven’t watched it.

[-] aubertlone@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Highly recommend the book, much more than the show.

No worries if you haven't had a chance to read yet....

I read the book at least 10 years ago, want season one of the show when it came out.

It's a good adaptation but man, it just doesn't hit quite the same as the book.

[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Absolutely! I’m definitely in that camp that thinks the book is (almost) always better than the show/movie - totally agreed there. I try to judge them separately when I can though since there’s a lot on stuff in text that just doesn’t translate well to the screen.

[-] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago
[-] aubertlone@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I disagree?

Very strongly as well

[-] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Fair enough.

Putting a question mark after "I disagree" makes it sound like you're trying to convey that the disagreement is faint or in doubt, btw.

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