Rupert Grint, the 31-year-old actor who portrayed Ron Weasley in the big-screen adaptation of JK Rowling's Harry Potter series, spoke out after the author came under fire for invalidating transgender people, when she took to Twitter to slam an article for using the phrase "people who menstruate" rather than "women".
Rowling later shared a personal essay on her website, in which she doubled down on her beliefs.
Rupert told The Times newspaper: "I firmly stand with the trans community and echo the sentiments expressed by many of my peers. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgement."
Rupert's comments came after Daniel Radcliffe, who played titular hero Harry, and Emma Watson, who starred as Hermione Granger, also defended trans rights.
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