The Seattle-based museum previously referred to the Harry Potter author as “She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Project manager Chris Moore, who is transgender, authored the piece and claimed that they would “love to go with the internet’s theory that these books were actually written without an author.”
“It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s what we were able to do in the short-term while determining long-term practices.”has kept the “Harry Potter” memorabilia on display, but Rowling’s name is not mentioned anywhere in the exhibit. Rowling went viral in 2020 after retweeting an op-ed piece that discussed “people who menstruate” and was seemingly offended that the article did not use the term “women.”“MoPOP is proud to support our employees and unequivocally stands with nonbinary and transgender communities,” the museum. “In an increasingly divided world, pop culture can unite, inspire, and spark important conversations.”
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