From Newsweek:
Since 2019, Rowling has sparked impassioned debate—and backlash—over her statements on trans women and insistence on using male pronouns to describe them. Celebrities condemned her statements, social media users labeled her views “disgusting,” and activists branded her a “TERF”—a trans-exclusionary radical feminist. Conversely, she has also received an outpouring of support for her stance, with “#IStandWithJKRowling” trending intermittently on social media whenever the debate resurfaces.
Now, long after Rowling had accepted she might have irreparably tarnished her legacy, she finds herself firmly back in the fold. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the entertainment behemoth bringing her Harry Potter franchise back to screens as an HBO TV show, stated in November that not only will it be working with her on the project, it sees no reason to wade into the furor over her trans-related utterances.