09/22/2026
Trans rights are human rights!!!
Lilly Wachowski has delivered one of the most explosive Harry Potter comments of the year, accusing J.K. Rowling of “funding trans genocide”.
In a new Variety interview, the Matrix filmmaker said: “J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support Harry Potter, you’re supporting trans genocide.”
Wachowski argued that money spent on Harry Potter products ultimately supports Rowling and, in her view, the causes she funds.
“If you support Harry Potter, you’re supporting my eradication,” she said, urging people to consider boycotting the franchise.
Rowling’s representative has strongly rejected Wachowski’s characterisation. Her agent, Neil Blair, said the J.K. Rowling Women’s Fund supports women taking legal action in the UK to preserve sex-based rights under the Equality Act 2010, and does not fund legal actions aimed at harming Trans people or limiting Trans rights.
Blair described Wachowski’s allegations as defamatory and said they should not be presented as fact.
Wachowski, who shared that she is Trans in 2016, has been an outspoken critic of Rowling’s views and the wider political movement around them.
The comments have now reignited the question Harry Potter fans have been debating for years: can you separate the wizarding world from the views and activism of its creator?
