VANCOUVER (LifeSiteNews) — Barely a week goes by without the world being reminded that Canada has become a woke laughingstock.
On October 7, the Vancouver Park Board unanimously passed a motion to apologize – for hosting a Harry Potter-themed attraction in Stanley Park due to author J.K. Rowling’s opposition to gender ideology. A media-driven campaign launched by LGBT activists has been pushing for the Potter attraction to be cancelled since September. Ironically, the event was called “Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience.”
The Canadian media, of course, reported on the motion with great solemnity. “Members of the city’s [so-called] transgender, gender diverse and Two Spirit communities had expressed concerns about the decision to partner with the event this holiday season due to its association with J.K. Rowling, author of the seven Harry Potter novels,” said CTV News.
The international press, on the other hand, struggled to conceal contempt. The Daily Mail’s report was titled “Woke lawmaker sobs and apologizes for city hosting ‘transphobic’ Harry Potter event after enraged JK Rowling critics demanded its cancellation”:
A liberal Vancouver lawmaker choked back tears as he apologized for the city’s decision to host a Harry Potter event after it was branded ‘transphobic’ by JK Rowling critics. Scott Jensen agreed with members of the LGBTQ+ community who claimed it was offensive to host the magical-themed forest walk in light of Rowling’s attitude towards trans people. He became emotional as he addressed voiced their concerns at a Park Board meeting, telling them: ‘I’ve been really moved by your words […] the lived experiences, the hurt, so on behalf of myself I do apologize.’
Is there anything more nauseating than adult men sobbing their apologies to gender-confused men identifying as women and promising the “LGBT community” that they will never again submit them to the “trauma” of having a children’s theme park featuring one of the most popular children’s franchises of the last century because the author of the books disagrees that men can become women? Watching some of the video clips, I wondered if the Park Board members had also been taking cross-sex hormones.
The City of Vancouver has fixated on LGBT policies for years, including the 2016 “Transgender, Gender Diverse and Two Spirit Action Plan”; the LGBT group Qmunity sniveled that it “is in part because of that trust that has been cultivated over these years that news of this event was met with such an intense shock and disappointment.” To be clear: He is talking about a Harry Potter children’s adventure. A children’s theme park. It is difficult to come up with a scenario more pathetic. The group also brought up Trump’s policies, because why not?
Commissioner Tom Digby went so far as to ask the board to “reaffirm its support for inclusionary policies and to ensure the S2LGBTQ+ advisory committee is consulted on any future events with ‘equity or human rights implications.’” Apparently, the Harry Potter thing is one of those events with “human rights implications.” On October 8, Digby posted on X: “Last night, @ParkBoard did the right thing. Apologized to TGD2S community after emotional discussion. Shared some tears. Disavowed JKR. Will undertake concrete actions to rebuild trust.” This adult male was referring to a children’s Harry Potter event.
Each commissioner individually apologized to the “trans community” and promised that this would never happen again.
CANADA: The Vancouver @ParkBoard has passed a motion to disavow @jk_rowling and issue an apology to the transgender community for allowing a Harry Potter-themed event to be scheduled at Stanley Park.
During the meeting, the trans activists who were invited to speak labeled… pic.twitter.com/bIF936dmXY
— REDUXX (@ReduxxMag) October 9, 2025
Rowling, however, appeared to enjoy the whole thing immensely. She reposted Digby’s post with the caption: “To be honest, I didn’t even know Vancouver Parks and Recreations had avowed me, so the disavowal hasn’t been much of a blow. Next time, send me a certificate of avowal, wait until I’ve proudly framed it, hung it over my PC and taken a selfie with it, THEN revoke it.”
When someone jokingly commented that she might never recover from this, she responded: “I wouldn’t say ‘never’, but with time, therapy and the support of my family, I anticipate that I’ll be able to hear the words ‘Vancouver Parks and Recreations’ without suffering a serious breakdown within two to three years.” Or as another commentator noted: “A ‘safe space’ is now somewhere a man can [expose] in front of women, but no one can talk about Harry Potter.”
I know it’s a small story, but one can’t help but read stuff like this and think: Almost 2,000 years of Western civilization, and this is what male leadership has devolved into. “Sharing tears” and “disavowing” a female author because she doesn’t think men in dresses are women. The ancestors that Digby no doubt despises as transphobes are lucky not to be around to see it. Imagine what his own forebears would think that display?
