Fans have launched a campaign to remove Paapa Essiedu from the upcoming Max Harry Potter series due to his past public support for trans rights and they want J.K. Rowling to join the movement.

JK Rowling has said she does not have the authority to fire Paapa Essidu from the Harry Potter TV adaptation for his support of the trans community – nor would she, apparently. Following the UK Supreme Court ruling in April that trans women are not legally defined as women under the 2010 Equality Act,