Australian Bookstore Bans Harry Potter From Bookshelves To Create A “Safe Space” For Trans Community

A bookstore in Western Australia, namely Rabble Books and Games, has banned the ‘Harry Potter’ series author J.K. Rowling after labelling her an alleged “transphobe” and has committed to removing her books from their shelves.

The bookstore wrote on Facebook to inform its customers of the decision, stating but was an attempt to make Rabble a safer space for our community.”

“Part of that is trying not to put books by transphobes on the shelves when we know about them,” they wrote.

Their announcement comes after the author released “Troubled Blood,” a crime novel written under her pseudonym, Robert Galbraith, that some critics have labelled transphobic after a character in the book dresses as a woman to disguise himself.

Rabble Books also noted: “Though we don’t sell many, we’re going to phase out the Harry Potter books too.”

However, the bookstore will continue to sell the popular children’s series online, just not in store.

Writing on Twitter, Rowling argued that by denying biological sex, people are rejecting the lived reality of women globally.

“If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth,” she wrote on June 6.

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