A museum has airbrushed JK Rowling from its corridor of fame and Harry Potter exhibition over her gender-critical views.
The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) in Seattle hit out on the creator and accused her of holding ‘super hateful and divisive’ opinions.
It defended its resolution to take away all references to Rowling, 58, in a prolonged weblog submit on the weekend.
The museum nonetheless has Harry Potter memorabilia on show however any point out of the creator of the franchise has been airbrushed.
Rowling has confronted criticism for her views on transgender points after she argued ladies shouldn’t be fired for believing organic intercourse is actual.
Its exhibitions challenge supervisor Chris Moore confirmed the museum would not comprise 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 phrase submit on Saturday.
“This certain person is a bit too vocal with her super hateful and divisive views to be ignored. For the time being, the curators decided to remove any of her artefacts from this gallery to reduce her impact.”
Rowling was inducted in to its Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2018 which was a yr earlier than she first expressed her views on trans points publicly.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
