Muva nje, umbhali kaHarry Potter Joan Rowling uvumelanise ihlazo ngokungakhethi, eqhuma ngokuguguleka komngcele phakathi kwabesifazane abezemvelo kanye ne-transgender. Abaningi babonakala baningi ukuthi umbhali uluma amalungelo abantu abathuthukisi-abantu, futhi wagxekwa.
Abadlali abaningi abenze izindima eziphambili kumafilimu aphathelene noHarry Potter, baphuthume bezokhuluma ku-twitter yabo ukuthi, ngokungafani noJoan, bathatha abantu be-transgender, ikakhulukazi, abantu be-transgender babizwa ngokuthi abesifazane. Kamuva, uJoan wabhala indatshana, lapho achaza khona ukuthi kungani ephendula kulezi zinto, ebusheni bakhe, wasinda udlame, kubandakanya nocansi.
Lapho uvula iminyango yezindlu zangasese kanye namakamelo e-Locker kunoma yimuphi umuntu othi ungowesifazane - futhi izitifiketi zokuqinisekiswa kwephansi manje zinikeza ngaphandle kokuhlinzwa nakuzo zonke izivunguvungu kubo bonke abesilisa ,
- Ama-Essays Aling.
Umabi weneli wendima kaHarry Potter Daniel Radcliffe wakhuluma ngokuqala kwabadlali, usho ukuthi "abesifazane besifazane be-transgender bangelazi." U-Emma Watson, odumile ngemuva kwendima yeHermione Granger, wabhala:
Abantu abaguqukayo-yilabo abazibonakalisa babona. Futhi bafanelwe ukuphila ngaphandle kwemibuzo noma imibono yokuthi akubona labo abazikholwayo.
Ngemuva kwalokho uBonnie Wright wakhuluma, umenzi wendima kaGinny Weasley:
Uma uHarry Potter wayengumthombo wothando nokuqikelela, khona-ke lolu thando alunamkhawulo futhi aludingi mibuzo noma ukulahlwa. Ama-Trans-Women abesifazane. Ngiyazi ngawe futhi ngiyakuthanda.
Ngenxa yalokhu, ukucela abamele izishoshovu ze-LGBT kanye ne-Gender, abadlali bagijimela ekugxekeni kwabalandeli be-robela. Ikakhulu, u-Emma Watson wathi "ululisa isandla sakhe ezondle." Omunye wabasebenzisi udluliselwe kuWatson:
Angikaze ngibone ngiluma ngokhahlo isandla sokupha. UJoan waqala wasitshela ukuthi wazwa udlame, futhi waphendulwa nguye. Une "feminism kunalokho."
Okunye ukubhala u-Emma:
Ngaphandle kokuxaka, ungabi muntu. Ihlazo kuwe.