a decision that will hurt many people who enjoy board games and Codenames specifically.
We don’t want to be contributing to that harm
It’s a product to sell to people who prioritise their nostalgia for children’s fantasy over the culture their trans friends and family live in.
Rowling is a miserable bigot who has routinely chosen to create a more dangerous world for trans people. She wields real influence, and has used it to set us back as far as possible, every single time.
To tie your well respected brand to such a visibly horrible individual is a just a shockingly poor decision on all fronts.
There are other published Harry Potter games out there – but I can see many of them being made before – or whilst – Rowling gestated into the frightful transphobe she’s become.
Rowling is like the evil mirror image of a tranny. Instead of morphing from an ugly man into a beautiful troon, she morphed from a nice grandma into an evil demon TERF.
“There’s a binary choice here, support trans people or sell [Harry Potter] merch.”
She has boasted online about how her royalty cheques are used to fund the suppression and exclusion of trans folk from society.
Just ordered a box of the finest codenames: HP
“This has nothing to do with Harry Potter itself and everything to do with Joanne Rowling and her personal decisions to use her fortune to promote transphobia on a global scale.”
“Making a Harry Potter game in 2025 without acknowledging the harm of transphobia at a bare minimum is a political statement. Intent doesn’t matter.”
Remember, you're either with us, or against us.
“Author JK Rowling’s extreme anti-trans rhetoric has caused physical and emotional harm to a particularly vulnerable group, and the licensing fees she receives from the game will be used to support these attacks.
Stop it, I already ordered one copy
“We urge CGE to reconsider their plans to release Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, or at least dedicate a portion of the proceeds to organizations such as The Trevor Project to offset licensing fees that flow back to Rowling.”
"Please pay an indulgence to our cause, and your sins will be forgiven"
[JK Rowling] is funding life-destroying legislation. When you license [Harry Potter] and put it on your product, the money you pay to do that is literally ruining lives.
Alright, alright, You convinced me. I'll buy a second copy and pass it on to a friend.
