Just days before a gunman killed 49 people in a crowded nightclub in Orlando, Fla., the Harry Potter Alliance launched its “Protego” campaign, which aims to make the world a safer place for the transgender community.
The Pulse nightclub shooting, the 11-year-old nonprofit HPA notes, was a hate crime that “sits at the intersection of many forms of oppression.” In author J.K. Rowling’s books, the heroes fight against injustice and the HPA wants people to do that in real life.
“Protego is the HPA’s first ever transgender rights and safe spaces campaign, named after the shield charm used in the Harry Potter universe,” explains Jackson Bird, HPA’s communications director. “We don’t have such spells in real life, but we can try to make the world safer by working together to combat violence and defeat acts of hate.”
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