Harry Potter's Katie Leung 'cancels' JK Rowling over her alleged transphobic tweets

Katie Leung, who is known for playing character of Cho Chang in Harry Potter series, has found a way to call out JK Rowling over her controversial statements regarding trans community. author me helines recently for a series of tweets that were perceived to be transphobic. Apart from that, author also faced flak for naming her Asian character as 'Cho Chang'. 

Harry Potter's Katie Leung responds to 'Cho Chang' controversy

name was perceived to be racist and people also mentioned fact that both Cho and Chang are last names. A lot of fans asked Katie Leung to react to name controversy. Responding to that, she took to her social media and posted a series of links for pro-trans organisations under a thre of her thoughts on Cho Chang. She concluded her thre by using hashtag #AsiansForBlackLives. 

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Fans were quick to come out in support of her and filled comments section with praises for actor. One user wrote, "Did she- she really cancelled j k rowling without even talking about her? That's such a Ravenclaw thing to do! Cho Chang would be proud!!". Anor one wrote, "Katie really went Ava Kedavra on racism and transphobia".

JK Rowling's tweets seemed to have hurt sentiments of a lot of fans. One woman took to comment's section in Katie Leung's thre to pen down her feelings after reing tweets. She said she felt cried at thought of some trans kid who loves Harry Potter coming across Rowling's tweets and thanked Katie for speaking out. 

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author earlier shared an article titled Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate which was written in a series of tweets. When people pointed out that her statements seem to be insensitive towards trans community, she went on share a series of tweets about it and ended up making more controversial statements. 

Continuing into same thre, JK Rowling wrote, "I respect every trans person’s right to live any way that feels auntic and comfortable to m. I’d march with you if you were discriminated against on basis of being trans. At same time, my life has been shaped by being female. I do not believe it’s hateful to say so". [sic] author's comments come amid Pride month and at a time where US is united in fighting against racism.

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