You Can’t Separate Harry Potter from J.K. Rowling

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✨Sources & Book Recommendations✨

⭐Sources

?https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/19/jk-rowling-for-women-scotland-donation-legal-definition-woman/
?https://www.reuters.com/article/britain-lgbt-transgender-idINL8N2DK05U/
?https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50858919
?https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/26/jk-rowling-womens-fund-amelia-hansford-op-ed/
?https://theweek.com/feature/1020838/jk-rowlings-transphobia-controversy-a-complete-timeline
?https://www.life.com/arts-entertainment/harry-potter-the-story-that-changed-the-world/
?https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/26/15856668/harry-potter-20th-anniversary-explained
?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Women_Scotland_Ltd_v_The_Scottish_Ministers
?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Women_Scotland
?https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvgq9ejql39t
?https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2025/05/the-harry-potter-fandom-faces-its-biggest-test
?https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2025/05/30/jk-rowling-is-a-billionaire-again/

⭐Book Recommendations:

?Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler https://bookshop.org/p/books/who-s-afraid-of-gender-judith-butler/19994814?ean=9781250371911&next=t
?The Transgender Issue: Trans Justice Is Justice for All by Shon Faye https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-transgender-issue-trans-justice-is-justice-for-all-shon-faye/17862955?ean=9781839768392&next=t
?Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker https://bookshop.org/p/books/transgender-history-the-roots-of-today-s-revolution-susan-stryker/7605046?ean=9781580056892&next=t
?Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam https://bookshop.org/p/books/before-we-were-trans-a-new-history-of-gender-kit-heyam/18687580?ean=9781541605404&next=t
?Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton https://bookshop.org/p/books/black-on-both-sides-a-racial-history-of-trans-identity-c-riley-snorton/9831398?ean=9781517901738&next=t

⭐Jessie Gender's videos on JKR:
?https://youtu.be/WgAYf8f5518
?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQlMANw5zB0&t=213s
?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GBUArD51KY&t=4361s

⭐ Kat Blaque:
?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yng5Yr_5Tyo&pp=ygUVa2F0IGJsYXF1ZSBqayByb3dsaW5n

⭐Contra:
? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmT0i0xG6zg&t=6493s
? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDKbT_l2us&t=5013s

✨Female & Non-Binary Fantasy Writers (note some of these books have of its time problematic elements so I'd suggest doing some research if you have specific triggers)
?The Dispossessed [50th Anniversary Edition]: A Novel by Ursula K Le Guin
https://bookshop.org/p/books/dispossessed-the-50th-anniversary-edition-ursula-k-le-guin/21222066?ean=9780063382930&next=t
?The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-dragonriders-of-pern-dragonflight-dragonquest-the-white-dragon-anne-mccaffrey/9033930?ean=9780345340245&next=t
?The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-gate-to-women-s-country-sheri-s-tepper/11415659?ean=9780553280647&next=t
?Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
https://bookshop.org/p/books/doomsday-book-connie-willis/8317356?ean=9780593724330&next=t
?Model Home by Rivers Solomon
https://bookshop.org/p/books/model-home-rivers-solomon/21068713?ean=9780374607135&next=t

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Keywords: harry potter, j.k. rowling, transphobia, homophobia, racism, colonialism,

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