MikeDunnAuthor<p>San Francisco indie bookstore, The Booksmith, collectively chose to stop selling Jk Rowling's books in June, 2025 after she launched a “women’s fund” in May aimed at dismantling transgender rights and proclaimed that the proceeds from the sales of her books would go toward these transphobic efforts. </p><p>“There’s a direct throughline between what [Rowling’s] doing with the money she’s making on book sales as a living author who’s still collecting royalties and something that, frankly, harms us and our trans siblings and people that we care about in our community,” said Booksmith co-owner Camden Avery. </p><p>Many have accused them of censorship, cancel culture and book banning. Avery responded by saying "It’s false pearl-clutching and a misapprehension of what censorship is. .. We’re exercising our First Amendment right to operate a private business in line with our values.” </p><p><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/06/26/sf-book-store-booksmith-removing-harry-potter-jk-rowling/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sfstandard.com/2025/06/26/sf-b</span><span class="invisible">ook-store-booksmith-removing-harry-potter-jk-rowling/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transrightsarehumanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transrightsarehumanrights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pridemonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pridemonth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jkrowling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jkrowling</span></a></p>