Seattle Museum of Pop Culture airbrushes JK Rowling out of Harry Potter exhibition, calling her a 'cold, heartless, joy-sucking entity' over transgender views.
A Seattle Museum has airbrushed JK Rowling from its hall of fame and Harry Potter exhibition over her gender-critical views.
The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) in Washington hit out at the famous author and accused her of holding 'super hateful and divisive' opinions.
Its exhibitions project manager Chris Moore, who is transgender and uses the pronouns ‘he/they’, confirmed the museum would no longer contain any references to Rowling.
'There’s a certain cold, heartless, joy-sucking entity in the world of Harry Potter and, this time, it is not actually a Dementor,' he wrote in a 1,400-word blog post on Saturday.
'We would love to go with the internet’s theory that these books were actually written without an author, but this certain person is a bit too vocal with her super hateful and divisive views to be ignored.'
Moore accused the author of using 'racial stereotypes', 'fat-shaming' and a 'lack of LGBTQIA+ representation' in the books.
It defended its decision to remove all references to Rowling, 58, in a lengthy blog post on Saturday.
The museum still has Harry Potter memorabilia on display but any mention of the author of the franchise has been airbrushed.
Rowling has faced criticism for her views on transgender issues after she argued women should not be fired for believing biological sex is real.
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