Why J.K. Rowling's Tweet Was Transphobic and Hurtful

MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

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🗓️ 5 January 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this special installment, Rori Porter, a transfemme member of the Harry Potter fandom, joins the MuggleCasters to discuss why J.K. Rowling's December 19th tweet was transphobic and hurtful. Rori explains the court battle the tweet is in reference to, what Rowling's doing by saying this, and how it affects trans people. We also discuss the role inclusion and acceptance has played in the Harry Potter fandom, and where we go from here. Check out TransStudent.org to learn more about the trans community, and click here to read Rori's piece published to Medium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:10.0	Can I come in?
0:12.0	Ah, no, no, no!
0:13.0	Just need to grab the claw clippers. Don't worry, I'll cover my eyes.
0:16.0	What?
0:17.0	Whoa!
0:18.0	Come on, we've got a falling gun.
0:20.0	I'm still not looking.
0:24.0	And I'm not listening to my podcast.
0:26.0	Don't want batting.
0:28.0	MIRKATED!
0:29.0	SINPELS!
0:30.0	Hey everyone, happy new year and welcome to another year of Mugglecast.
0:35.0	We're excited to have you listening in our 15th year of podcasting.
0:39.0	Wow!
0:40.0	Today we have for you a chat about shaky wrongs controversial tweet with a friend of ours
0:44.2	named Rory, who's trans-fem.
0:46.0	We spoke to Rory about why the tweet was hurtful to trans people and their allies.
0:51.0	No matter how you feel about the tweet, we hope you learned something from this discussion
0:54.2	and just hear out our point of view.
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