Daniel Radcliffe takes on J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter, aka Daniel Radcliffe, is among those standing up to author J.K. Rowling’s anti-transgender remarks.

The actor issued a response via The Trevor Project, a website offering mental assistance to LGBTQ youth, asserting their rights and urging them not to let the misconceptions of his famous character’s creator taint the relationship they’ve developed with the wizarding series.

He started his open letter by noting that his response did not indicate a case of “in-fighting” between himself and the author, and that that is not important in the larger context. He noted that he has worked with The Trevor Project for a decade and is still “learning how to be a better ally.”

Rowling, 54, has repeatedly come out publicly with statements and tweets supporting people who espouse anti-trans views. Most recently, she objected to a headline referring to “people who menstruate” with a tweet asking, “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”

The tweet drew immediate backlash.

“Transgender women are women,” Radcliffe wrote Monday. “Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo or I.”

Given that 78% of transgender and nonbinary youth have reported being discriminated against because of their gender identity, “It’s clear that we need to do more to support transgender and nonbinary people, not invalidate their identities, and not cause further harm,” Radcliffe said.

The “Harry Potter” star, 30, also entreated readers not to let any relationship they had developed with the characters, books or movies be unduly influenced by the author’s opinions. “If these books taught you that love is the strongest force in the universe, capable of overcoming anything; if they taught you that strength is found in diversity, and that dogmatic ideas of pureness lead to the oppression of vulnerable groups; if you believe that a particular character is trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid, or that they are gay or bisexual; if you found anything in these stories that resonated with you and helped you at any time in your life — then that is between you and the book that you read, and it is sacred,” he wrote. “... It means to you what it means to you and I hope that these comments will not taint that too much.”