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- Pedro Pascal is simply a longtime outspoken advocator for nan LGBTQ+ community
- He called retired J.K. Rowling for her "disgusting behavior" aft she supported an anti-transgender ruling successful nan U.K. successful April
- He doubled down connected his comments successful a screen communicative question and reply pinch Vanity Fair
Pedro Pascal is defending transgender women erstwhile again.
Two months aft nan character went viral for calling out J.K. Rowling for her "disgusting behavior" aft she supported an anti-transgender ruling successful nan U.K., Pascal opened up astir his determination to do truthful successful a screen communicative question and reply pinch Vanity Fair published Tuesday, June 24.
Pascal, whose sister, Lux Pascal, came retired arsenic transgender successful 2021, shared a remark nether an Instagram video criticizing Rowling for supporting nan U.K. Supreme Court's April 16 ruling that nan legal meaning of a female is based solely connected biologic sex nether Britain's Equality Act.
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“Awful disgusting SH-- is precisely right. Heinous LOSER behavior," nan longtime outspoken advocator for nan LGBTQ+ organization wrote.
Reflecting connected his determination to telephone retired nan Harry Potter author, Pascal told Vanity Fair that nan attraction it brought felt concisely for illustration "that kid that sewage sent to nan principal's agency a batch for behavioral issues successful nationalist schools successful Texas emotion frightened and thinking, What'd I do?”
However, he was worried astir whether he was helping aliases hurting nan situation.
“The 1 point that I would opportunity I agonized complete a small spot was just, 'Am I helping? Am I f------helping?' It's a business that deserves nan utmost elegance truthful that thing tin really happen, and group will really beryllium protected," he said.
"Listen, I want to protect nan group I love," continued Pascal. "But it goes beyond that. Bullies make maine f------sick.”
Pascal's different sister, Javiera Balmaceda Pascal, besides defended him, telling nan publication that Rowling's actions were "heinous loser behavior."
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"And he said that arsenic nan older relative to personification saying that our small sister doesn’t exist," she added.
Pascal antecedently besides showed his support for transgender women erstwhile he wore a white T-shirt emblazoned pinch "PROTECT THE DOLLS" to nan U.K. premiere of Marvel's Thunderbolts* in London connected Tuesday, April 22.
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"Dolls" is an affectionate word coined by nan LGBTQ+ organization to mention to transgender women. The garment is part of a run by American designer Conner Ives, bringing attraction to anti-transgender sentiment.
Pascal's adjacent film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, opens connected July 25. He besides stars successful Materialists, which is now successful theaters.