> I grew up as a trans child reading your books as an escape. I would often pick out names from characters to give to myself, before I ever felt comfortable in

> I grew up as a trans child reading your books as an escape. I would often pick out names from characters to give to myself, before I ever felt comfortable in who I was. This decision, to support people that hate me, and want to do me harm. It brings me to tears... Why. Why? Some of the replies to Rowling's tweet are surreal - not wanting to see someone fired is framed as some horrible attack. There's no distinction made between Rowling opposing the firing, and trans people being hunted for sport on Hogwarts. Equivalent to a libertarian saying "A 1% income tax to fund the police? It breaks my heart to learn you'd send business owners like myself to starve in Siberia."