Nicola Coughlan: “Bridgerton” star defends trans-rights

Nicola Coughlan (38) passionately defended the rights of transpersonen after a recent judgment of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court, in a conversation during the Cannes International Series Festival in the Palais of the Festival, she described the fear of trans-opponents to be attacked by a trans-woman in public women’s toilets as “hypothetical, invented” and “ridiculous because it doesn’t happen. “

The Irish actress, who is known from the Netflix hit “Bridgerton”, continued to explain that she had never felt threatened by a trans woman, but only by CIS men. “It really excited me how people celebrate that other people are taking their rights and I think something is going really wrong,” said Coughlan.

The Supreme Court had decided that only the biological gender counts in equality between men and women. A woman or a man can only be defined by the biological gender. This means that trans women should not use women’s avoidance, for example. The judgment received a lot of criticism from supporters of trans-law.

Coughlan has been committed to the rights of transpersonen for a long time. Most recently, she had called on social media to help the charity organization “Not a Phase” with donations. The actress also spoke that the initiative might have had to conclude due to the loss of Geldern – because it is “no longer Trendy to support trans people”. Therefore, the actress appealed: “It is fun to go to the pride, to swivel a flag and to see ‘Rupaul’s Drag Race’, but will you be there for people when it is uncomfortable and uncomfortable?”

Coughlan is not alone with her attitude. Numerous celebrities have shown their support for trans people in the past, including the “Harry Potter” stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint as well as Pedro Pascal, Tilda Swinton or Troye Sivan.