Descended from Salazar Slytherin on his mother's side through the House of Gaunt, Tom Riddle was conceived whilst his father, Tom Riddle Senior, was under the effects of a love potion supplied by his mother, Merope Gaunt. He was amongst the greatest wizards to have ever lived, rivalled only by Albus Dumbledore. Tom Marvolo Riddle ( 31 December 1926 – ), later known as Lord Voldemort or, alternatively as the Dark Lord, You-Know-Who, or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was an English half-blood wizard considered to have been the most powerful and dangerous Dark wizard of all time. I fashioned myself a new name, a name I knew wizards everywhere would one day fear to speak, when I had become the greatest sorcerer in the world!" - Tom Riddle's transformation into Lord Voldemort ![]() You think I was going to use my filthy Muggle father's name forever? I, in whose veins runs the blood of Salazar Slytherin himself, through my mother's side? I, keep the name of a foul, common Muggle, who abandoned me even before I was born, just because he found out his wife was a witch? No, Harry. JK Rowling has repeatedly denied she is transphobic." You see? It was a name I was already using at Hogwarts, to my most intimate friends only, of course. In 2021, JK Rowling and her repeated commentary about trans people was cited as one of many reasons why the UK was becoming a more hostile place for LGBTQ+ people by international LGBTQ+ rights group ILGA-Europe. Shortly after Rowling published her essay on trans issues, Harry Potter stars Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe publicly spoke out in support of the trans community, whereas older actors from the series, Jason Isaacs and the late Robbie Coltrane, defended her. ![]() ![]() Most recently, she had a row with Billy Bragg when she accused him of supporting “rape threats” over his support for Graham Norton. Since then, Rowling has used her platform to hit out at trans youth charity Mermaids. In that essay, Rowling said she might have “tried to transition” if she was a teenager today because “the allure of escaping womanhood would have been huge”. Rowling later detailed her views in greater depth in a lengthy, wide-ranging essay published on her own website. The controversy started when she mocked the use of inclusive language on social media. JK Rowling has emerged as one of the most vocal “gender critical” figures in the UK. JK Rowling has been both condemned and defended by those who starred in her Harry Potter series ever since she made her views on trans issues public. Even though I’m not a woman.” JK Rowling has faced backlash over trans views ![]() It’s just a woman saying, ‘I’m a woman and I feel like I’m a woman and I want to be able to say that I’m a woman.'”įiennes added: “And I understand where she’s coming from. “But it’s not some obscene, uber-right-wing fascist. I mean, I can understand a viewpoint that might be angry at what she says about women. “The verbal abuse directed at her is disgusting, it’s appalling. “It’s about how you become a better, stronger, more morally centred human being. “JK Rowling has written these great books about empowerment, about young children finding themselves as human beings,” Fiennes said. Ralph Fiennes has said the “verbal abuse” directed at JK Rowling over her anti-trans views is “disgusting”.įiennes, who famously played Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films, jumped to the author’s defence in an interview with The New York Times.
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