In 2019, she released a statement on Twitter supporting Maya Forstater, a woman who was fired for saying transgender women should not be legally recognized.

She’s demonstrated her contempt for trans people over the years in various ways. Rowling became a global celebrity for introducing the world to Harry Potter in 1997, but her name has become inextricably associated with her anti-trans remarks in the last decade. Glenn Youngkin tried a similar move in Virginia, thousands of students walked out of nearly 100 schools across the state. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that critics dubbed “ Don’t Say Gay” because it effectively banned instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in classrooms. The interaction came toward the end of a year that has been very hostile to LGBTQ communities. “It has been so incredibly heartening, and I've had many people reach out to me behind the scenes,” Earl said. But any support of something like Hogwarts Legacy is harmful.”ĭespite the massive amount of harassment hurled at Earl from Rowling’s supporters, they also received support. “I own the first 9 movies and all 7 books myself. “I will not begrudge anyone their love of past works or thing they already own that they take comfort in,” Earl said on Twitter. 10.Įarl, who is transgender and uses she/they pronouns, tweeted on Friday that they will not “begrudge” anyone who already consumed Rowling's past work, but that any support for the upcoming game is harmful. The video game, Hogwarts Legacy, is set to release on Feb. “She's seeing the trans person boogeyman that she…has created in her head and believing that is really what the trans community is,” Earl said. Rowling tweet about me, I knew I had to sort of be prepared,” Earl, who uses the moniker Jessie Gender on YouTube, told BuzzFeed News. This time, the Harry Potter author picked a fight with Jessie Earl, a 30-year-old YouTuber who recently called for fans to boycott an upcoming video game over the author’s well-documented anti-trans rhetoric.

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