Steve StrezaFeb 6, 2023

#JKRowling doesn't just espouse transphobic beliefs [0], she funds a sexual assault clinic that explicitly turns away trans women [1], and aligns herself with eugenicists and alt-right anti-abortion homophobes [2].

Buying #HogwartsLegacy directly funds her efforts to harm trans causes and take away the rights of trans people. You should not buy it.

[0] https://www.glamour.com/story/a-complete-breakdown-of-the-jk-rowling-transgender-comments-controversy
[1] https://www.themarysue.com/if-j-k-rowlings-womens-shelter-turns-away-trans-women-then-it-isnt-helping-women/
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou_xvXJJk7k

A Complete Breakdown of the J.K. Rowling Transgender-Comments Controversy

“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling first came under fire for posting a series of controversial tweets about the transgender community in 2020.

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Show threadBetoFeb 7, 2023
@stevestreza honestly none of her public comments seem as egregious as they are reported on many outlets. She has beliefs, shouldn’t she have the right to have them? Are they bad opinions? Yes, but they don’t seem as extreme as they are often made out to be. I find it extreme to go as far as to tell other people enjoying a game is funding some type of an evil person. She may be wrong, but she is not evil. Buying Hogwarts legacy is not the same as buying something like Mein Kampf, Respectfully
Show threadChris Hanson
@Bto @stevestreza I don't know what public comments you've seen, the ones I've seen have been horrible. She specifically targets trans people with othering and demeaning language, and makes baseless claims that their accommodation and indeed very existence represent a threat to others' safety. That, to me, is evil.
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Show threadBetoFeb 7, 2023
@eschaton @stevestreza I haven’t seen those, could you show me where she did that? The ones I saw where the ones when she states that a woman’s (biological woman) was unique etc..
Show threadChris HansonFeb 7, 2023
@Bto @stevestreza Do you really not know about (and are unable to find yourself) all of her transphobic rants? Or do you agree with her?
Show threadBetoFeb 7, 2023
@eschaton @stevestreza in all honesty I haven’t been able to find the more egregious comments you are referring too. Again I am open to changing my mind. It’s from an article that shows where it started back in 2020. But maybe she’s said worse things since then.
Show threadChris HansonFeb 7, 2023
@Bto @stevestreza A lot of the things she's said directly are dog-whistles, a lot of the things she's been more explicit about are insisting that it's unfair for anyone to face consequences for being publicly transphobic "because they're standing up for women."
Show threadChris HansonFeb 7, 2023
@Bto @stevestreza Oh yeah, and then there's the stuff in Steve's OP, like the women's shelter she's funding explicitly refusing to employ or serve all women.
Show threadChris HansonFeb 7, 2023

@Bto @stevestreza Here's another summary: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/jk-rowlings-anti-transgender-stance-and-hogwarts-legacy/1100-6501632/

From the aticle:
> In her essay, Rowling argued, "When you throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he's a woman--and, as I've said, gender confirmation certificates may now be granted without any need for surgery or hormones--then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside. That is the simple truth."

This is evil shit.

JK Rowling's Anti-Transgender Stance And Hogwarts Legacy

With a brand-new Harry Potter game on the way, now is the time to unpack and try to understand the impact of franchise creator JK Rowling's discriminatory behaviour.

GameSpot