Mick Hartley

More "inclusive" cancellation:

A Harry Potter panel has been axed from one of the country’s largest pop culture festivals to keep transgender fans “safe”.

Producers from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child were booked to attend London Comic Con to discuss how the stage show was made behind the scenes.

But the transgender charity Switchboard complained to organisers that it had “concerns about the potential impact on our community, particularly trans individuals”.

MCM Comic Con, which is putting on the festival at the ExCeL Centre which features hundreds of panels and attracts more than 100,000 fans, soon buckled and has now confirmed the panel has been scrapped….

Switchboard boasted in a statement that the organisers “have been receptive to our conversations” and have cancelled the panel in accordance with “their expressed commitment to fostering a safe and inclusive environment”.

Well, if spineless organisers buckle so easily, why wouldn't they try it on? It's the magic power of trans…