Daniel Radcliffe says people should ‘trust trans kids to tell us who they are’
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, 33, sat down with a group of transgender and nonbinary children in a new series for LGBTQ+ charity The Trevor Project. During the roundtable, Daniel spoke to the young people about their personal experiences.
He was joined by 11-year-old trans girl Daley who explained: “I learned out of the cradle that I was a boy, ‘I should like blue, I should like sports, I should be manly, I should like superheroes’.
“And I never associated myself with those things and we are told that we are not old enough to know this yet.
“I am only 11-years-old, ‘How do I know I’m a girl? And I need more time to think about this’.”
Daniel then said: “But there are also people who also have a slightly condescending but well-meaning attitude of, ‘People are young… and it is a huge decision’.
“I would love to hear from all of you about why we can trust kids to tell us who they are.”
To which Jasline replied: “I have lived female more than I have ever lived male.
“I feel it’s living proof that I obviously knew who I was just like everyone else does.”
It comes after Daniel publicly spoke out against Harry Potter author JK Rowling following her controversial comments.
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He wrote an open letter in 2020, also for The Trevor Project, apologising “for the pain” JK’s comments had caused Harry Potter fans.
Speaking to IndieWire last year, Daniel explained that he felt compelled to write the essay because: “I’ve met so many queer and trans kids and young people who had a huge amount of identification with Potter on that.
“And so seeing them hurt on that day I was like, I wanted them to know that not everybody in the franchise felt that way. And that was really important.”
JK Rowling recently gave a series of in-depth interviews to discuss the widespread criticism she has received.
Appearing on The Witch Trials of JK Rowling podcast, the author said she “never set out to upset anyone” but she was “not uncomfortable with getting off [her] pedestal”.
She also addressed fans who accused her of “ruining her legacy”, telling them: “You could not have misunderstood me more profoundly.”
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