Here's what the Hogwarts Legacy boycott is all about, and how it's playing out now that the controversial game is finally launching.
of the Scottish Gender Recognition Reform Bill that Rowling first opposed in her essay three years ago, and also attacked inA protester in Cambridge holds up a sign saying"Defend the Scottish Gender Recognition Reform Bill, Defend Trans Rights" after the bill was blocked by the UK government.
"I don't want cis people coming to me to get a pass from their trans friend that it's OK to like Harry Potter," said Hafer."I've had that happen to me more than once, where they'll bring it up in such a way that they're trying to justify it, and they want to hear me say, 'Oh yeah, obviously because you grew up with it, and you're supporting the developers, and the developers aren't all transphobes.
Others have taken a hard line, arguing on social media that touching anything Harry Potter-related is a betrayal in the fight for trans rights and acceptance. Back when the question of whether or not to play Hogwarts Legacy was still hypothetical, these propositions applied generally to everyone, but now that the game is actually being played, streamed, and discussed, the battle is becoming personal.
I couldn't find evidence that a coordinated effort to harass Hogwarts Legacy streamers exists—certainly nothing comparable to the instances of methodical online abuse that have targeted LGBTQ+ people, such as the phenomenon of
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