"Transgender people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned," the actress wrote on Twitter.
The British actress Emma Watson published several messages on her Twitter profile on Wednesday in which she supports transgender people, following the statements of her companions in "Harry Potter" Daniel Radcliffe and Eddie Redmayne after the comments of the writer JK Rowling.
"Transgender people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they are not who they say they are," the actress wrote.
Watson is the latest star of the "Harry Potter" saga to contradict the author's comments about the transgender community that have already angered Daniel Radcliffe, who stated that he hopes that the words, considered by some to be transphobic, do not "contaminate" the saga through eyes of his followers.
The actor said that transgender women "are women" and "any statement to the contrary erases" their "identity" and "dignity", and specified that he had felt "obliged to say something" because Rowling has been responsible for the "course that has taken his life."
Now, her partner on the big screen has replicated the same idea: "I want my transgender followers to know that I and many other people around the world see, respect and love them for who they are."
Likewise, the protagonist of another of Rowling's franchises, Eddie Redmayne of "Fantastic Beasts", admitted that he has had to educate himself to be more sensitive.
"Respect for transgender people remains a cultural imperative, and over the years, I've been constantly trying to educate myself. It's an ongoing process," he acknowledged in a statement to Variety magazine.
"I disagree with JK Rowling's comments. Transgender women are women, transgender men are men, and non-binary identities are valid," he said.
"I know my dear transgender friends are tired of this constant questioning of their identities, which all too often results in violence and abuse. They just want to live their lives peacefully, and it's time to let them do it," she concluded.
It all started when on Saturday the writer shared a link to an article titled "Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate" and ironized that "those people who menstruate" "used to have a name", alluding to to the woman.
That comment was considered by some users and organizations as discriminatory towards other people who can also menstruate, such as transgender or non-binary people, and also towards women who for some reason do not have their period.
