San Francisco bookstore stops selling J.K. Rowling titles due to 'Harry Potter' author's anti-trans views
I can no longer watch any Harry Potter movie due to this bigot. She has ruined her franchise
San Francisco bookstore stops selling J.K. Rowling titles due to 'Harry Potter' author's anti-trans views
— Helen ðŸ³ï¸â€âš§ï¸âœŠðŸ»ðŸ’• (@mimmymum.bsky.social) 2025-06-26T22:15:37.977Z
“When the author of a book states that all sales of those books will contribute to an anti-trans fund, the only way we can choose not to participate is by not selling the books any longer.â€
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Booksmith, which opened in 1976 and is in the city’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, said the final straw came last month, when Rowling announced on social media that she would use her personal wealth to fund the J.K. Rowling Women’s Fund, which describes itself as a legal fund to support “individuals and organisations fighting to retain women’s sex-based rights in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”
Though the fund doesn’t mention trans people specifically, Rowling has been vocally opposed to trans women’s inclusion in women’s spaces, and proponents of efforts to restrict trans rights often describe such efforts as advocating for women’s “sex-based” rights.
“With this announcement, we’ve decided to stop carrying her books,” Booksmith said in a statement on Instagram. “We don’t know exactly what her new ‘women’s fund’ will entail, but we know that we aren’t going to be a part of it. As a group of queer booklovers, we also had our adolescences shaped by wizards and elves. Look at us, it’s obvious. 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.”
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She's worth close to $1,000,000,000 now, and Potter related sales falling off won't hurt her financially. And she's come across as despicably self-righteous when airing her anti-trans views and doesn't seem to to care how many enemies she makes.
It's a damned shame that someone can get so rich off of something and then turn around and spit in the faces of millions of the fans who helped make her that way. I know people who have been deeply hurt by her terf stance and many others who are fed up with her despite not suffering a personal injury themselves.
My daughter and I were huge Harry Potter fans back in the day, going to the midnight release parties for some of the books and attending the premieres of most of the movies. Those memories are tainted now, for us and countless others. And she doesn't even give a flying fuck! 
I commend this bookstore for the stance they are taking.