Its so refreshing to hear that not everyone involved with HARRY POTTER shares the vile transphobic torrent of abuse emanating from Harry’s creator.  Two of the most well-known and well-established Harry Potter fan communities, MuggleNet and The Leaky Cauldron, have released statements that shows unequivocal support for transgender people, recommits to their values of diversity and inclusion, and rejects the harmful and disproven theories about transgender people espoused by author JK Rowling. MuggleNet was created in 1999 and has over 350K followers on Twitter and 802K followers on Facebook, and The Leaky Cauldron launched in 2000 and has over 150K followers on Twitter and 233K followers on Facebook.

Daniel Radcliffe , who played Harry Potter in the movie franchise, released a response in support of transgender people, and stating his own belief that trans women are women. Other actors who portrayed characters in the Wizarding World criticized their views directly, or spoke out in support of trans rights include Emma Watson , Eddie Redmayne , Rupert Grint , Bonnie Wright and Katie Leung .  Stephen Fry , who narrated the Harry Potter audiobooks, has said Rowling may have been “radicalized by TERFs  and “the vitriol that is thrown at her” and that, as a result, she had said “things that are inflammatory and contemptuous, mocking and add[ing] to a terribly distressing time for trans people.” A public backlash to Rowling’s Twitter interactions also saw calls for her cancellation and to ignore her voice. 

Booksmith in San Francisco announced earlier this month that it will no longer sell titles by J.K. Rowling, including her popular “Harry Potter” series, due to the author’s anti-transgender views and advocacy.

Now Czech Games Edition, the publisher behind the new board game Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, has announced that the total sum of profits made by the game will go to trans charities following consumer backlash against the Harry Potter tie-in product.

The gaming publisher announced the decision in a social media post issued on Friday. “We are all devastated that the project we were so excited to share with you caused harm instead of joy,” the August 8 statement reads. “Over time, the harmful views of the story’s creator have escalated into harmful actions. We apologize unreservedly for not doing more to consider that possibility, and for subsequently announcing the game without taking preemptive actions to mitigate the pain it would cause.”

The company went on to say in its August 8 statement that it was “not prepared for the volume of the response” to Back to Hogwarts and that, aside from donating profits, it will ensure that “an amount equal to or greater than the fee paid to license this product” will go toward organizations that support the trans community. The company will determine which organizations receive the money based on community feedback, per the apology statement, prioritizing “those that offer direct, practical help to people in need.”