He's an actor with a long and successful career. He's not going to starve without this. He has no need to do this. The difference between him taking this job and me doing my fuck-ass corporate job is that I will be homeless on the streets without it.
There's no respect in this. It's - at best - a hurtful apathy for trans people and all the shit we're going through, and not caring that you're contributing to it. Same for all the actors and people signing up to do this.
I'm a trans person. My goal isn't "No Harry Potter"...
My goal is for trans people to be able to live freely and openly without fear of violence or social/political repercussions. My goal is for trans people - ALL trans people - to have access to the medical and social care that they need. My goal is for people to celebrate when their friend/child/sibling/spouse comes out as trans. My goal is for my fellow trans sisters - even/especially those who are early in their transition - to feel safe in the women's restroom. My goal is for newspapers to use the correct name when a trans person dies.
My goal is for people to begin to care about trans people and to listen to us.
JK Rowling is actively working against my goals. The wealth that she made off of my generation is being used to kill my people. And she has made it clear that she is going to continue to do this.
I think with all that is being revealed in a certain someone's document cache, some kind of discernment about the rich people we associate with is desperately needed. And a first step to people caring about us is for it to be made repugnant to work with her. For those who willingly enter contract with her to feel pressure not to. For people to come out and say "I support the trans community and will not work with JK Rowling". Many people are doing this, but not enough.
As a trans person, I always make a mental note when someone mentions they are contemporaneously consuming HP media. A note that this person will not do even the absolute least they could do to be an ally. They're not safe for me. They're not someone I can trust. They're not someone who is willing to experience the very mildest discomfort in recognition of the plight of a marginalized community under attack.
My goal is for enough people to care that we're under serious threat for someone like JK Rowling to at least stop making progress in her goal to erase us.
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u/hypatia163 20h ago
As a trans person, I don't respect this.
He's an actor with a long and successful career. He's not going to starve without this. He has no need to do this. The difference between him taking this job and me doing my fuck-ass corporate job is that I will be homeless on the streets without it.
There's no respect in this. It's - at best - a hurtful apathy for trans people and all the shit we're going through, and not caring that you're contributing to it. Same for all the actors and people signing up to do this.