Burn Harry Burn

New essay out today from Lit Hub

Sandy Allen
December 18, 2025

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Hi all,

Just wanted to very quickly share this …

I have a new essay that was finally published today by Lit Hub. It’s about my being a trans, sometime Harry Potter fan — given the committed transphobia of she who shall not be named …

I hope you all enjoy:

Burn Harry Burn: Reckoning With My Harry Potter Fandom as a Trans Person

During the spring of 2020, as the world locked down and people were dead and dying and breaking apart and mourning and afraid and hiding, the British author J.K. Rowling decided to publish an open …

lithub.com/burn-harry-burn-reckoning-with-my-harry-potter-fandom-as-a-trans-person

What’s Helping Today: I’m just so pleased this essay is live. Grateful to Lit hub and in particular to my editor Jonny Diamond.

If you like the piece, I hope you’ll share it with anyone who may be interested in reading it …

🔥⚡️🔥,
Sandy

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