Hey, so I need to say something here, and I might as well be blunt about it. J.K. Rowling is wrong, a bigot, and a transphobe, and I do not support anything she has to say about transgendered individuals, or just her skewed ideas of gender/sex in general. It’s not okay to hide behind a fandom and a fuck ton of cash while spewing hate speech, and she should be ashamed of the damage she is creating in the minds of young readers who might be first exposed to these topics through Rowling’s warped perspective.

And it is warped. It is regressive and comes from a time that wants to keep women weak by ensuring women are categorized by uteruses and testosterone levels and fighting against each other. And when women are kept weak, humanity on a whole is kept weak. When we are divided by our differences instead of united, we all lose. Trans-women are women. Trans-men are men. There are multiple different chromosomal variations in nature that show that biological sex is not as it appears, and we still as a broken society keep trying to divide humanity into two limited choices as if our ability to reproduce must define all other aspects of our very existence. It’s stupid, and it’s also scientifically inaccurate, never mind psychologically damaging for all involved.

I have left the Harry Potter fandom. It was the only choice I had when I saw the author of said fandom use her platform to attack transgendered individuals — I will not let anyone attack my friends. I understand that the fandom itself should belong to the fans, but at this point in time, and with the literal lives of transgendered individuals on the line, I feel like ties have to be broken to make a stand against hate. I’m sorry J.K. Rowling is a hateful bigot, and it is completely her fault that people are leaving the Harry Potter fandom. She has failed to see the varied beauty of life around her as she insists on trying to force us to fit into her regressive two category system, and she has absolutely harmed transgendered individuals as a result. Fuck her and her hate.

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edit… You know what? Fuck JK Rowling. Why the fuck does she get to keep the fandom that she has turned against? Why does she get to define Harry Potter when that story pushed for equality and understanding and fought against assholes who thought ‘purity’ of shit like bloodlines — or in Rowling’s case, sex/gender — was more important than actual compassion and empathy? Why do the bullies get to have the fandom when the Harry Potter fandom was never about hate?

Rowling doesn’t deserve to be associated with a work that opened minds and hearts while she has closed both to the trans community. I will not support Rowling or her hate; I will not give any money toward any of her properties that would enrich her. But I will continue to love Harry Potter, write sexy ass LGBTQ fanfictions of the characters, and help ensure that the Harry Potter fandom isn’t used as a tool of hate against transgendered individuals. Once again, fuck JK Rowling and her bigotry.