As no one is talking, let me grab the conversation for a moment. #ThePostThatStartedTheWar
So you all know that "Hogwarts Legacy" (the Harry Potter Universe's game) is coming up soon on february 10.
While I won't say to you "do not buy the game" (for reasons I will developp later) as you are all entitle to your opinions and choices of freetime, I think it's important to replace this game into its context.
First you must know one thing: People who worked on the game have already been paid. What you might not know on the other hand is that some people will receive money from copyright ownership. In short, the more the game will be sold, the more the money going to them. And among those people is - you guessed it - J K Rowling. Now I will talk about J K Rowling later but I want to talk about another subject first as I will try to be as inclusive as I can on this subject I will start at the basics:
Do you know who Transgender people are ?
It's okay if you don't, until a few years ago, I was completely oblivious to them and their struggles. First, a bit of basic:
As you may have understood here. It's important to separate sex and gender as those notion are scientifically and sociologically different.
Now, what being a Transgender really means ? I won't explain it to you, I will let Trans people tell you all about it:
From a science approach:
To a sociological approach:
It's important to understand that being Transgender is NOT a mental illness.
Therefore, all transgender people are
VALID. They ALL deserve the same rights as Cisgender People. They deserve the same right as you and me.
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What is important here, is to understand that Trans people are DISCRIMINATED and OPPRESSED by our differents societies:
For diverse act of violence against trans people:
To people who are trying to criminilize Trans communities or those who help them through moral panics:
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This is where we need to talk about J K Rowling.
You see J K Rowling is now an well know anti Trans activist. She is what we call a "TERF", "a Trans-exclusionary radical feminist". "A person whose views on gender identity are considered hostile to transgender people, or who opposes social and political policies designed to be inclusive of transgender people."
Terf are known to be transphobe, this is not a news. But what is starting to become more concerning is the fact that this transphobe ideology (and JK Rowling as well as her followers) is starting to flirt with really DARK movements: the alt-right and fascist kinds.
(This following one is actually quite horrific)
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This is where WE can have an influence:
You see, by refusing to finance those people, we are actually lessening the probabilities of those dark transphobes ideology to be shared. That's why it's important to understand where your money will go once you buy property owned by those type of people.
https://youtu.be/rdfNQIOIReU
This is not a thread meant to culpabilize you. You would be completely legitimate to buy a game like Hogward Legacy, after all it looks like a cool game and I would LOVE to play it also.. but...
At least, you have the context.
While it might be the best Harry Potter game. Buying that game, is beneficial to the anti trans politics.
Now, You have all the informations to make a good choice.