With the Harry Potter 20th-anniversary special hitting HBO Max on New Year’s Day and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore arriving in theaters this April, J.K.
Rowling’s world of wizardry and witchcraft is still casting its spell over pop culture.And yet Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books and a screenwriter of the Fantastic Beasts movies, continues to spew transphobic views.
And for many LGBTQ+ fans — the ones who know that trans women are women — she’s sapping the Harry Potter universe of its joy, Dementor-style.
Now even Quidditch leagues are seeking new names for the sport to distance themselves from the author.So, can one be a Harry Potter fan and a J.K.