{"id":8558,"date":"2026-09-04T10:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=8558"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:48:32","slug":"star-trek-wil-wheaton-standing-with-trans-people-boycotting-hbo-harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/09\/04\/star-trek-wil-wheaton-standing-with-trans-people-boycotting-hbo-harry-potter\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton is &#8216;standing with trans people&#8217; by boycotting HBO&#8217;s Harry Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton has made his stance on the Harry Potter TV show very clear as <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/jk-rowling\/\">JK Rowling\u2019s<\/a> involvement in the reboot continues to draw criticism.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/hbo\/\">HBO<\/a> dropped a new teaser trailer for season one this week, and while there are plenty of excited fans, many are <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/09\/03\/jk-rowling-backs-hbo-harry-potter-teaser-trailer-as-people-vow-to-boycott-show\/\">vowing not to watch the show<\/a> due to the author, who is serving as executive producer and rights owner.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s no secret that Rowling is a divisive figure, having repeatedly spoken out about transgender issues and used some of her <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/04\/01\/how-much-money-will-jk-rowling-make-from-hbos-new-harry-potter-tv-show-its-pretty-jarring\/\">Harry Potter fortune<\/a> to provide financial and legal support for individuals and groups challenging trans-inclusive spaces, policies and workplace guidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite denying being transphobic, Rowling\u2019s words and actions have been widely condemned by <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/lgbtq\/\">LGBTQ+<\/a> rights groups as anti trans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As such, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/09\/03\/incredible-downgrade-six-reasons-people-are-fuming-over-the-new-hbo-harry-potter-trailer\/\">new trailer sparked a wave of fresh comments<\/a> from people vowing to boycott the show. And it looks like Wheaton is set to join the movement.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Wil Wheaton didn\u2019t hold back when asked about Harry Potter<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8561\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8561\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/15-6.jpg\" alt=\"Wil Wheaton at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/15-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/15-6-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/15-6-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Kevin Paul\/Creative Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wheaton, best known for Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Gordie Lachance in Stand by Me, responded to a Threads post asking, \u201cAre we watching the new <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/harry-potter\/\">Harry Potter<\/a> series?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His answer? \u201cAs so many have said, f**k no we aren&#8217;t, we are standing with trans people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let it be known that the person who asked the question, podcast host Aiden London, is also firmly against the show, replying to his own post, \u201cFor me is a big NOooooooooOoo!!!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wheaton\u2019s response has received plenty of praise, including more than 9,000 likes at the time of writing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is why I love you to death, Wil,\u201d wrote one in the comments, while another said Wheaton \u201cgets it. Why is it so hard for everyone else?\u201d A third added, \u201cWhat he said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8512\" style=\"width: 1255px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8512\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/harry-potter-jk-rowling.jpg\" alt=\"Threads post about Harry Potter\" width=\"1255\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/harry-potter-jk-rowling.jpg 1255w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/harry-potter-jk-rowling-1024x387.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/harry-potter-jk-rowling-768x290.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1255px) 100vw, 1255px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Threads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s far from the first time the actor has publicly stood up for the trans community. In a 2022 interview about his LGBTQ+ allyship, he slammed influential people who stay silent in order to protect their own careers and status.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShame on every single one of those f**king cowards who is so worried and preoccupied and obsessed with their own access, their own influence, their own social standing, their own ambition, that they are willing to put all of that ahead of the fundamental right of a trans person to exist and walk down the streets feeling as safe as I,\u201d he told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dawnstaceyennis\/2022\/05\/06\/traveling-through-time-with-star-trek-star-geek-and-trans-ally-wil-wheaton\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forbes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat is inexcusable. That is indefensible. It enrages me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes, <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FilmShrine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">like our Facebook page<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image credit: Paramount\/HBO<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He really didn\u2019t mince his words when asked if he\u2019d be watching<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[98,170,314,115,373,11],"coauthors":[17],"class_list":["post-8558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-harry-potter","tag-hbo","tag-jk-rowling","tag-lgbtq","tag-star-trek","tag-tv"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wil Wheaton is &#039;standing with trans people&#039; 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