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I am going to respectfully ask that folks not make blanket statements about the LGBT community. One person does not represent the views of all of us, or even a majority of us. (I am also rather tired of seeing many of you refer to my community as merely being "politically correct." I am old enough to have been subject to laws that criminalized who I am - so before it was accepted by anyone, politically or otherwise.) But in this particular thread, it is reductive and beside the point.
The fact is that JK Rowling has said things that the broader transgender community find both hurtful and harmful, especially to younger members of that community. Her views have been broadly condemned by many formal LGBT organizations. She has liked tweets that support conversion therapy, which is abjectly terrifying. I would have undoubtedly committed suicide were I forced into such a "therapy" as a teenager. Do you agree with her views? Fine, whatever. I don't care what you believe as long as you are not actively trying to harm me by it or take away my fundamental rights. Rowling's free speech grants her the same freedom. I would just like to see her megaphone taken away.
Does that mean Harry Potter isn't still a formative work of fiction in many young folks' lives? Nope. But it still requires that I view the media with an eye towards the author's views. And now that I am aware of it, it also leads me to personally never give her any money in any form again.
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