It would take too long to describe Rowling’s full history of transphobia, but a good place to start would be her own blog post about this issue, followed by this debunking of several of the false claims and inaccuracies in said blog post. Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter, has proudly declared and displayed her transphobic views numerous times. Trans people are used to this sensation we feel it every time we binge our favorite ’90s TV shows and stumble across that one transphobic episode we’d forgotten about. Like a thunderclap after lightning in a storm, it still gave me a shock, even though it was expected.

Rowling and her harmful, transphobic views. With this game announcement putting Harry Potter back in the headlines, I knew that would cast an even brighter spotlight on J.K. The game had been leaked online a few years ago, so its existence wasn’t a surprise, but seeing it officially announced, knowing the debates that would follow, still felt like a gut punch. After Sony sent my heart into space by opening its PlayStation 5 Showcase with two of my most anticipated games in Final Fantasy 16 and Spider-Man: Miles Morales, the company brought me crashing back down to Earth with the reveal of Hogwarts Legacy.

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