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San Francisco Bookstore Pulls ‘Harry Potter’ Books Over J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Trans Views


The Booksmith, a popular independent retailer in San Francisco, announced recently that it wold no longer support Rowling's work and recommends alternatives.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, in 2005 The Booksmith, a popular independent retailer in Haight Ashbury, announced recently on its website that the author is “using her private wealth from the Harry Potter series to develop the ‘JK Rowling Women’s Fund,’ an organization dedicated to removing transgender rights ‘in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces. If you or someone you love wants to dive into the world of Harry Potter, we suggest doing so by buying used copies of these books,” they said in a statement. Most recently, Pedro Pascal decried Rowling’s online celebration of an anti-trans UK Supreme Court ruling.

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