{"id":187401,"date":"2021-03-02T18:45:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T23:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=187401"},"modified":"2021-03-02T18:45:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T23:45:08","slug":"upcoming-harry-potter-video-game-will-reportedly-allow-players-to-be-transgender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/upcoming-harry-potter-video-game-will-reportedly-allow-players-to-be-transgender\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Harry Potter Video Game Will Reportedly Allow Players To Be Transgender"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fupcoming-harry-potter-video-game-will-reportedly-allow-players-to-be-transgender%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=187401&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-801712280.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An upcoming video game based on the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series will reportedly allow gamers to play as a transgender character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHogwarts Legacy,\u201d which is slated for a 2022 release from publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. and developer Avalanche Software, will let players create a character who can have a masculine or feminine voice regardless of how the character looks, according to sources who spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-03-02\/harry-potter-video-game-will-allow-for-transgender-characters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Players will also choose whether they wish to play as a \u201cwitch\u201d or a \u201cwizard,\u201d a choice that will determine which dorm their character lands in, as well as how other characters in the game refer to them.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the game\u2019s development team moved to add the transgender option in an effort \u201cto make the game as inclusive as possible, pushing for the character customization and even for a transgender character to be added,\u201d Bloomberg reported. \u201cThere was <span id=\"7094ae60-7b5b-11eb-a4c4-308d99722a50\">resistance<\/span> from management at first, the people familiar with the project said, but currently the character customization is included in the game. A Warner Bros. spokesperson declined to comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHogwarts Legacy\u201d faced another controversy last month when Troy Leavitt, a senior producer at Salt Lake City-based Avalanche, was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Doctor_Cupcakes\/status\/1362919930698596360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revealed<\/a> to have made YouTube videos against feminism and in support of Gamergate. ResetEra, a large and influential forum about video games, banned threads promoting \u201cHogwarts Legacy\u201d in response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarry Potter\u201d author J.K. Rowling has repeatedly faced accusations of transphobia for comments she has made in recent years, even drawing condemnation from \u201cHarry Potter\u201d film stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. As The Daily Wire reported of Rowling\u2019s opinions:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cHarry Potter\u201d author J.K. Rowling has taken another round of heat for her anti-transgender stance, something she has remained steadfast about for over a year now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In a Twitter post on Saturday, the acclaimed author essentially said that the concept of transgenderism erases the struggles of women across the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf sex isn\u2019t real, there\u2019s no same-sex attraction,\u201d Rowling tweeted, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/jk-rowling-backlash-sex-gender\">Fox News<\/a>. \u201cIf sex isn\u2019t 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\u2019t hate to speak the truth.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe idea that women like me, who\u2019ve been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because they\u2019re vulnerable in the same way as women \u2013 ie, to male violence \u2013 \u2018hate\u2019 trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences \u2013 is a nonsense,\u201d she continued.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The idea that women like me, who\u2019ve been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because they\u2019re vulnerable in the same way as women \u2013 ie, to male violence \u2013 \u2018hate\u2019 trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences \u2013 is a nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1269406094595588096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>In another tweet, J.K. Rowling shared an article from Devex that used the phrase \u201cpeople who menstruate\u201d instead of the actual people who menstruate, namely, women.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c\u2018People who menstruate.\u2019 I\u2019m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud? Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate,\u201d she tweeted.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018People who menstruate.\u2019 I\u2019m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud? <\/p>\n<p>Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cVpZxG7gaA\">https:\/\/t.co\/cVpZxG7gaA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1269382518362509313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jk-rowling-fires-back-at-critics-who-called-her-transphobic-shames-detractors-for-failing-to-protect-womens-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J.K. Rowling Fires Back At Critics Who Called Her \u2018Transphobic,\u2019 Shames Detractors For Failing To Protect Women\u2019s Rights<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An upcoming video game based on the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series will reportedly allow gamers to play as a transgender character. \u201cHogwarts Legacy,\u201d which is slated for a 2022 release from &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274612,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-801712280.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Upcoming Harry Potter Video Game Will Reportedly Allow Players To Be Transgender","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-801712280.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Upcoming Harry Potter Video Game Will Reportedly Allow Players To Be Transgender","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}