Is Harry Potter canceled? LGBTQ+ fans on why theyre ditching the series [Video]

Rowling’s track record of transphobia started to come into question long before last Friday, liking posts that described trans women as “men in dresses” back in 2017, for example. Or how the following year, denying liking a different post that said the same.

It wasn’t until 2020, though, that she let it all out in a lengthy statement on June 10.

“I want trans women to be safe,” she wrote. “At the same time, I do not want to make natal girls and women less safe. When you throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he’s a woman, then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside.”

The cinematic “Harry Potter” franchise, which stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, raised a generation of fans who are fond of wizardry, trio friendships and the classic underdog-to-hero tale—all of whom have denounced Rowling’s transphobia. The …