F-J.K. Rowling

Stop buying Harry Potter stuff.

Sources & Book Recommendations:

Sources

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/19/jk-rowling-for-women-scotland-donation-legal-definition-woman/

https://www.reuters.com/article/britain-lgbt-transgender-idINL8N2DK05U/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50858919

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/26/jk-rowling-womens-fund-amelia-hansford-op-ed/

https://theweek.com/feature/1020838/jk-rowlings-transphobia-controversy-a-complete-timeline

https://www.life.com/arts-entertainment/harry-potter-the-story-that-changed-the-world/

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/26/15856668/harry-potter-20th-anniversary-explained

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Women_Scotland_Ltd_v_The_Scottish_Ministers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Women_Scotland

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvgq9ejql39t

https://slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2025/05/the-harry-potter-fandom-faces-its-biggest-test

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2025/05/30/jk-rowling-is-a-billionaire-again/

Book Recommendations:

Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler https://bookshop.org/p/books/who-s-afraid-of-gender-judith-butler/19994814?ean=9781250371911&next=t

The Transgender Issue: Trans Justice Is Justice for All by Shon Faye https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-transgender-issue-trans-justice-is-justice-for-all-shon-faye/17862955?ean=9781839768392&next=t

Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker https://bookshop.org/p/books/transgender-history-the-roots-of-today-s-revolution-susan-stryker/7605046?ean=9781580056892&next=t

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam https://bookshop.org/p/books/before-we-were-trans-a-new-history-of-gender-kit-heyam/18687580?ean=9781541605404&next=t

Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton https://bookshop.org/p/books/black-on-both-sides-a-racial-history-of-trans-identity-c-riley-snorton/9831398?ean=9781517901738&next=t

Female & Non-Binary Fantasy Writers (note some of these books have of its time problematic elements so I'd suggest doing some research if you have specific triggers)

The Dispossessed [50th Anniversary Edition]: A Novel by Ursula K Le Guin

https://bookshop.org/p/books/dispossessed-the-50th-anniversary-edition-ursula-k-le-guin/21222066?ean=9780063382930&next=t

The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-dragonriders-of-pern-dragonflight-dragonquest-the-white-dragon-anne-mccaffrey/9033930?ean=9780345340245&next=t

The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-gate-to-women-s-country-sheri-s-tepper/11415659?ean=9780553280647&next=t

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

https://bookshop.org/p/books/doomsday-book-connie-willis/8317356?ean=9780593724330&next=t

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

https://bookshop.org/p/books/model-home-rivers-solomon/21068713?ean=9780374607135&next=t

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