Pedro Pascal criticizes JK Rowling for transphobic opinions: ‘unfortunate and despicable’

Chilean actor Pedro Pascal not only criticized JK Rowling, but also appealed by boycott of all “Harry Potter” products after the British author defend the decision of the UK Supreme Court, according to which transgender women are not legally considered women. “It’s horrible, disgusting and shit. Such a regrettable and negligible behavior,” commented the star of “The Mandalorian” and “The Last of Us” in a video published by activist Tariq Ra’ouf on social networks.

The British court’s decision “does not remove protections for trans” people, “who remain” protected against discrimination based on gender change. ” The new determination is that a transgender person, even with documentation that identifies her as a woman, should not be legally considered a woman. The five judges agreed that “the terms ‘woman’ and ‘gender’,” as established by the Law of Equality, “refer to a biological woman and the biological genre.”

Shortly after the announcement of the decision, Rowling turned to social networks to celebrate. “I love it when a plan works,” she wrote next to a photo in which she appears on a yacht, holding a glass of whiskey and smoking a cigar. “It took three extraordinary and tenacious Scottish women, with an army behind them, so that this case was heard by the Supreme Court and, when they overcome, they protected the rights of women and girls throughout the UK,” he wrote in his X account.

According to an article in the Argentine newspaper La Naciónthe three women to which the plaintiff referred to are part of a group of activists who filed a lawsuit. However, Rowling critics say it was she who funded the costs of the process. “Trans people have not lost any rights today, although I have no doubt that some (not all) will be furious because the Supreme Court kept the rights of women based on sex,” added the author in the publication.

In his post, activist Tariq Ra’ouf criticized Rowling for “delighting that he helped the UK’s Supreme Court to define that transgender women are not legally women.” According to him, “she is proud of the work she has done in recent years to instill hatred and fear of the audience about a very small minority, which is already among the most misunderstood on the planet.”

This is not the first time the Chilean actor manifests himself in support of LGBTQia+rights. He had already shown support in 2021, when his sister Lux took over as a trans woman.

Another celebrity that criticized the writer was Sean Biggerstaff, actor who played Oliver Wood in the Harry Potter movie franchise. After stating that “intolerance spoils ingenuity,” he specifically commented on Rowling’s compliments to the group of women who filed the lawsuit: “Most Scottish women who disagree with these idiots are not funded by an obsessed billionaire,” said the actor.