Abstract
The Marauders Era, a newfound sub-fandom of Harry Potter, focuses on a group of characters set years before the original series. This community has allowed for alternative ‘safe’ spaces for fans to ‘queer’ the source material and find personal and social leverage. A survey was conducted to research how queer-identifying fans build and maintain virtual communities using the Wizarding World and Harry Potter mythology. The data and subsequent analysis reinforced the creation and maintenance of a participatory community through the use of multiple entry points, fans acting as textual poachers, and a community offering its users a form of leverage.
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Vania, Krisha K.
(2025)
"Harry Potter and the Queering Agenda*,"
Proceedings of the New York State Communication Association: Vol. 2024, Article 10.
Available at:
https://docs.rwu.edu/nyscaproceedings/vol2024/iss1/10