@stavvers two things can be true at the same time, they got me reading but I won't touch them now, even before the author publicly became horrible I can remember Jack Munroe highlighting the racist and antisemitic stereotypes throughout the books. There is no denying the franchise was popular, which makes the transphobia etc more "socially accepted" IMO. If the works were crappy and unpopular the opinions of the author would be easier to discard.