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Backlash grows ahead of Harry Potter event in Vancouver (www.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 11 months ago by Timbits@lemmy.ca to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] Timbits@lemmy.ca 53 points 11 months ago (1 children)

“I feel it’s really regrettable that we’re allowing one of the world’s most high-profile transphobes to actually make money in the City of Vancouver,” said Vancouver City Councillor Lucy Maloney, with OneCity.

“For me, the transphobic actions of J.K. Rowling have really spoiled my enjoyment of that series,” she told CTV News.

[–] maam@feddit.uk 32 points 11 months ago

Rowling should be barred from entering Canada for stoking stochastic terrorism.