HARRY POTTER Author J.K. Rowling Removed From Museum Of Pop Culture For "Hateful Anti-Trans Remarks"

HARRY POTTER Author J.K. Rowling Removed From Museum Of Pop Culture For "Hateful Anti-Trans Remarks"

The backlash against Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling continues, and her likeness has now been removed from a Seattle museum in response to what many perceive to be anti-trans rhetoric.

By MarkCassidy - Aug 09, 2023 11:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Harry Potter

Harry Potter fans around the word rallied against author J.K. Rowling after her feelings on the trans community were made public, and the writer has continued to further alienate herself from her once loyal fanbase with what many perceive to be anti-trans rhetoric.

Rowling, who has been dubbed She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named in some Harry Potter fan circles, has now been removed from a Seattle museum in response to her controversial views.

Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture project manager Chris Moore slammed Rowling for her "hateful" comments (via EW), while revealing how the museum would proceed with Harry Potter related displays.

"There's a certain cold, heartless, joy-sucking entity in the world, and this time, it is not actually a Dementor," the statement begins, also making reference to Rowling's "support of antisemitic creators, the racial stereotypes that she used while creating characters, the incredibly white wizarding world, the fat shaming, the lack of LGBTQIA+ representation, the super-chill outlook on the bigotry and othering of those that don't fit into the standard wizarding world, and so much more."

Back in April, Warner Bros. Discovery officially announced that a new Harry Potter series is currently being developed for the HBO Max streaming service. The show will fully reboot the popular movies with an entirely new cast, and the plan is to re-adapt the source novels with each season dedicated to one of the seven books.

The news received a somewhat mixed response, and not just because so many fans feel that the films adapted the story perfectly well. The fact that Rowling is involved has come in for a lot of backlash, but HBO Chairman Casey Bloys dismissed concerns as a "very online conversation" at the time.

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