Boycotts Thiab JK Rowling cov lus hais txog Transgender Community, piav qhia

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Qhov kev cia siab heev Harry Potter video game debuts lub lim tiam no, tab sis nws tau raug teeb meem los ntawm kev tsis sib haum xeeb thiab kev tsis pom zoo thaum cov neeg ua si sib tw nrog seb puas yuav txhawb nqa JK Rowling txoj kev ua lag luam nyob rau hauv lub teeb ntawm nws keeb kwm ntawm cov lus pom dav dav li transphobic.

Cov Lus Tseem Ceeb

Hogwarts Legacy, lub luag haujlwm ua si hauv Harry Potter ntug tsim los ntawm Avalanche Software thiab luam tawm los ntawm Warner Bros. Games, yuav yog tso tawm Lub Ob Hlis 10 ntawm PlayStation 5, PC, thiab Xbox Series X / S.

Qhov kev ua si tau garnered loj zoo xyuas ntawm aggregator Metacritic, thiab tau nce cov npe muag zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov neeg muag khoom hauv online xws li Amazon thiab Epic Store ua tsaug rau kev txiav txim ua ntej.

Txawm li cas los xij, qee tus kiv cua thiab gamers tau tawm tsam qhov kev ua si hauv kev tawm tsam ntawm JK Rowling, tus sau ntawm Harry Potter tshiab series uas muaj keeb kwm ntawm kev tawm tswv yim tawm tsam rau cov neeg hloov pauv hauv zej zog thiab sawv los khwv tau. Royalties los ntawm kev muag khoom game (txawm tias nws tsis koom nrog kev ua si tsim).

Qee qhov chaw tshuaj xyuas kev ua si nrov xws li Kotaku, Polygon thiab Eurogamer tseem tsis tau tshuaj xyuas Hogwarts Legacy txawm hais tias kev tshuaj xyuas kev txwv tsis pub tshem tawm hnub Monday, thaum lwm tus tau tsis lees paub JK Rowling cov lus hais thiab tawm suab txhawb rau cov neeg hloov pauv hauv lawv cov kev tshuaj xyuas.

Jessie Earl, trans YouTuber thiab sau ntawv, tweeted Thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis uas tsis zoo li siv cov phau ntawv Harry Potter yav dhau los lossis cov yeeb yaj kiab, yuav Hogwarts Txoj Cai Lij Choj thaum Rowling yog "siv nws lub platform txuas ntxiv mus rau lub hom phiaj thiab tseem ua pov thawj tias nws txuas ntxiv lub hom phiaj ntawm cov neeg trans yog teeb meem rau tib neeg" (Rowling teb, liam nws ntawm "purethink. ”).

Qee cov streamers ntawm Amazon-muaj Twitch video platform-xws li Yuav Overgard thiab Nikatine- muaj kev tawm tsam pej xeem rau qhov kev ua si.

Nikatine, uas nws lub npe yog Veronica Ripley, tau tshaj tawm ib daim ntawv qhia rau Twitter tshaj tawm txog kev tawm tsam ntawm Twitch - uas paub txog nws cov ntsiab lus video game-rau kev tshaj tawm rau Hogwarts Txoj Cai, hais kom cov streamers koom nrog kev txwv tsis pub siv lub platform kom txog thaum kev tshaj tawm kev tshaj tawm raug ncua.

Hogwarts Legacy tau teeb tsa los ua tus thawj poj niam transgender character Hauv lub ntiaj teb Harry Potter, txawm tias nws lub npe, Sirona Ryan, tau nyiam qee yam kev thuam rau liam suab masculine (pib nrog lub npe "Sir" thiab xaus nrog cov txiv neej npe "Ryan") - tab sis lwm tus sau tseg lub npe sirona hais txog Celtic vajtswv poj niam ntawm kev kho thiab rov yug dua tshiab.

Tus Keeb Kwm Tseem Ceeb

JK Rowling tau raug hluav taws tsis tu ncua nyob rau hauv xyoo tas los no rau nws qhov kev xav ntawm kev sib deev lom neeg thiab cov neeg hloov pauv hauv zej zog, uas ntau tus tau thuam tias yog transphobic. Thaum Lub Rau Hli 2020, nws tau thuam ib tsab xov xwm rau kev siv cov kab lus "cov neeg uas coj khaub ncaws" ("Kuv paub tseeb tias muaj ib lo lus rau cov neeg ntawd. Ib tug neeg pab kuv tawm. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?" nws tweeted), kev tshoov siab rov qab los ntawm cov neeg thuam uas hais tias nws tweet tsis suav nrog cov neeg hloov pauv. Nyob rau hauv teb rau backlash, nws tweeted "yog tias kev sib deev tsis yog tiag tiag, qhov kev muaj tiag ntawm cov poj niam thoob ntiaj teb raug tshem tawm," nws ntxiv tias nws paub thiab hlub cov neeg hloov pauv, tab sis thuam qhov kev liam tias tshem tawm lub tswv yim ntawm kev sib deev. Nws kuj luam tawm ib qho sau ntawv ntawm nws lub vev xaib, hu nws tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb kom tso cai "txhua tus txiv neej uas ntseeg lossis xav tias nws yog poj niam" mus rau hauv chav hloov pauv thiab chav dej, thiab nws tau ua rau muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb rau sau ntawv ib phau ntawv hais txog tus cwj pwm uas raug tua tom qab ntsib kev iab liam ntawm transphobia thiab rau hu Scotland Thawj Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Nicola Sturgeon, uas tau txhawb nqa tsab cai lij choj ua kom yooj yim rau cov neeg hloov pauv hloov pauv kom raug lees paub raws li lawv nyiam poj niam txiv neej, "tus neeg rhuav tshem cov poj niam txoj cai." Nws cov lus tau raug thuam tias yog transphobic los ntawm LGBTQ cov koom haum txoj cai suav nrog Human Rights Campaign, thiab cov neeg ua yeeb yam los ntawm cov yeeb yaj kiab Harry Potter muaj suab txhawb rau cov neeg transgender teb.

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Kev tshuaj xyuas thaum ntxov rau Harry Potter game tau yuav luag zoo ib yam, txawm hais tias qee qhov kev tshaj tawm tau tsis kam tshuaj xyuas qhov kev ua si lossis tau suav nrog cov lus tseem ceeb ntawm Rowling lossis txhawb kev hloov pauv hauv zej zog hauv lawv cov kev tshuaj xyuas. Gamespot, lub vev xaib kev ua si nrov uas tseem tsis tau tshuaj xyuas Hogwarts Legacy, tau tshaj tawm ib qho tsab xov xwm sau cov koom haum pab txhawb nqa ntawm cov neeg trans, nrog rau ib qho tsom xam ntawm Rowling cov lus thiab nce kev tiv thaiv LGBTQ txoj cai thiab kev tawm tsam thoob ntiaj teb, qhov kawg sau los ntawm Earl. Hauv qhov zoo xyuas, IGN suav nrog ib nqe lus hais tias "Txog JK Rowling," lees paub qhov kev tshaj tawm kev txhawb nqa tib neeg txoj cai thiab hais txog kev tshaj tawm lub hom phiaj yog " teb cov lus nug ntawm seb peb puas pom Hogwarts Legacy los ua kev lom zem ua si thiab vim li cas; seb nws yog kev ncaj ncees rau kev ua si yog ib qho kev sib cais tab sis tseem ceeb heev lo lus nug. " Canadian qhov chaw TheGamer hais tias it yuav tsis tshuaj xyuas Hogwarts Legacy lossis tsim ib qho kev qhia hauv online rau qhov kev ua si.

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Txawm hais tias qhov kev ua si tso tawm tau txhawb lub suab cov neeg thuam, nws tseem nyob hauv kev muag khoom zoo thiab muaj ntau tus neeg txhawb nqa uas ntseeg tias Rowling qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb tuaj yeem raug cais tawm ntawm qhov kev ua si. Nrov streamer xQc, uas muaj ntau dua 11 lab Twitch followers, thuam tib neeg ua rau lwm tus xav tias tsis zoo rau kev yuav cov yeeb yaj kiab video, thov "cov tib neeg tau nyiaj txhua yam kev phem nrog lawv cov kev yuav khoom thoob plaws lub rooj tsavxwm hauv txoj kev phem dua." Nws twb raug ntaus rau Twitch, qhov twg cov neeg siv uas muaj kev nkag mus rau thaum ntxov yog streaming qhov kev ua si; Hogwarts Legacy muaj ntau dua ib lab tus neeg saib thiab 120,000 tus neeg ua raws ntawm platform.

Kev Nkag Siab Hais

"Yog tias koj tsis kam tso ib qho kev lom zem hauv kev sib koom ua ke tiv thaiv kev puas tsuaj JK Rowling txuas ntxiv mus; Tom qab ntawd yuav ua li cas cov neeg hla kev paub tseeb tias koj yuav txaus siab tawm tsam rau peb hauv thaj chaw tseem ceeb, xws li kev tawm tsam kev ua phem, puas yog lub cev, lub hlwb, tus kheej, kev ua haujlwm lossis kev cai lij choj, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog vim kev ntxub ntxaug txuas ntxiv mus ntxiv?” Jessie Earl sau ntawv hauv a GameSpot sau ntawv.

ntxiv nyeem ntawv

Yog vim li cas qhov kev ua si tshiab 'Hogwarts Legacy' yog roiling LGBTQ zej zog (Lub Washington Post)

JK Rowling's Anti-Transgender Stance Thiab Hogwarts Txoj Cai (Gamespot)

'Hogwarts Legacy' kev ua si zoo nkaus li qhia 'Harry Potter's' thawj tus cim trans (CNN)