'Harry Potter' novelist J.K. Rowling was removed from a display containing series memorabilia from the beloved franchise at Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture.
explaining the decision, Chris Moore, who serves as the Exhibitions Project Manager at the museum and identifies as transgender, using he/they pronouns, blasted Rowling as a"cold, heartless, joy-sucking entity" while further accusing the vocal feminist of touting"transphobic" viewpoints.
"There’s a certain cold, heartless, joy-sucking entity in the world of Harry Potter and, this time, it is not actually a Dementor," he wrote. J.K Rowling attends the UK Premiere of"Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald" at Cineworld Leicester Square on November 13, 2018 in London, England. "This certain person is a bit too vocal with her super hateful and divisive views to be ignored… Her transphobic viewpoints are front and centre these days, but we can’t forget all the other ways that she’s problematic: the 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...
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