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SPOILER ALERT:
Pedro Pascal’s character was killed off The Final of Us on Sunday, April 20.
The actor himself, nonetheless, is alive, effectively and talking out loudly in protection of LGBTQ+ rights, which suggests this week… he’s additionally talking out loudly towards writer J.Okay. Rowling.
Pedro Pascal attends the “Thunderbolts*” UK Particular Screening at Cineworld Leicester Sq. on April 22, 2025 in London, England. (Photograph by Joe Maher/Getty Photos)
Earlier this month, you see, the UK Supreme Courtroom dominated that transgender ladies ought to NOT be acknowledged as ladies below Britain’s Equality Act.
Rowling, greatest identified for having created the Harry Potter universe, financially backed the marketing campaign group For Ladies Scotland and celebrated the ruling by writing on social media:
“I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights.”
Rowling has lengthy been a critic of transgender people and publicly fought towards any effort for these individuals to be handled equally within the eyes of the legislation — and even simply within the eyes of society at massive.
JK Rowling attends the “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” world premiere at The Royal Pageant Corridor on March 29, 2022 in London, England. (Photograph by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Photos for Warner Bros.)
Enter Pascal, whose sister got here out as transgender in 2021.
Underneath an Instagram video shared by activist Tariq Ra’ouf that defined Rowling’s position within the ruling — and which referred to as for a boycott of “Harry Potter-related” tasks and experiences — Pascal wrote the next:
Terrible disgusting SH– is precisely proper. Heinous LOSER conduct.
Just about sums it up, doesn’t it?
Pascal later doubled down on his advocacy for the group by attending the U.Okay. premiere of Marvel’s Thunderbolts* in London on Tuesday whereas carrying a white T-shirt emblazoned with the message “PROTECT THE DOLLS.”
Pedro Pascal attends the Los Angeles premiere of the HBO authentic sequence “The Last of Us” Season 2 at TCL Chinese language Theater on March 24, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photograph by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Photos)
The attire is part of a bigger marketing campaign by American designer Conner Ives… who designed the shirt to name consideration to the worldwide anti-transgender sentiment that trans ladies are experiencing in a number of international locations.
(Dolls, for these questioning, is an affectionate time period coined by the LGBTQ+ neighborhood to discuss with transgender ladies.)
Pascal’s sister has usually accompanied her well-known sibling to a wide range of pink carpet occasions.
For the file, in the meantime, the U.Okay.’s latest ruling permits for single-sex companies to exclude transgender ladies. The U.Okay. authorities stated the ruling introduced “clarity and confidence” for ladies and repair suppliers, in keeping with The Athletic.
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Elsewhere, Bridgerton actress Nicola Coughlan additionally slammed the writer for her help of the anti-transgender legislation on her Instagram Tales following the ruling, writing:
“This Is a New Low for J.K. Rowling.”
Beforehand, Daniel Radcliffe and different forged members from the Harry Potter films additionally trashed Rowling for her transgender beliefs.
Here’s what Emma Watson stated on the subject:
Trans persons are who they are saying they’re and should dwell their lives with out being continually questioned or advised they aren’t who they are saying they’re. I need my trans followers to know that I and so many different individuals around the globe see you, respect you and love you for who you might be.
