'Social media, despite inherent flaws, can serve as a mechanism to empower voices that have been traditionally disenfranchised, like trans individuals, and also to demand accountability for those in positions of power whose words may cause harm to groups with historically less power,' said Caty Borum Chattoo, executive director of the Center for Media & Social Impact at American University.

This is usually used in a negative context. These feminists are often referred to as 'trans-exclusionary radical feminists' or TERFs. These with similar beliefs often call themselves gender critical feminists, fear that sex is being argued into nonexistence and that it will erode women's rights. But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real?'įor people like Forstater and Rowling, there is a belief that gender identity is separate from biological sex and should not be given priority when it comes to lawmaking and policy.

Live your best life in peace and security. Sleep with any consenting adult who'll have you. 'Dress however you please,' Rowling wrote in a tweet on Dec. Her opinion is that men who undergo reassignment surgery are still men, even if the law recognizes them as women. government's plans to allow people to self-identify their gender, as she does not believe that it is possible for a person to change sex. The author expressed support for Maya Forstater, who had lost an employment tribunal over comments she had made on social media about transgender people.įorstater had disagreed with the U.K. Rowling's comments about transgender men and women surfaced in late 2019. However, WarnerMedia in January quickly quashed reports that a show based on the beloved book series was coming to HBO Max. Rumors have circulated that AT&T -owned HBO Max could launch a TV show based on the books or turn Rowling's co-written stage play 'The Cursed Child' into a feature-length film. After all, Disney's streaming platform Disney+ has seen great success from transitioning its blockbuster Star Wars and Marvel franchises into digital series. There has been speculation for months that WarnerMedia would utilize the franchise to bolster sign-ups for its fledgling streaming service HBO Max.

These fans, including members of the LGBTQ community, helped the franchise garner more than $9 billion at the global box office over the course of eight films and led to the sales of more than 500 million copies of Rowling's Harry Potter books worldwide. These remarks have turned the very people who were once inspired by the Harry Potter novels and films against Rowling, leading to threats of boycotts against future content.

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