Associations devoted to quidditch, the fictional game popularized by theHarry Potterfranchise, are mounting their broomsticks and whizzing away fromJ.K.
Rowling.
Mary Kimball, executive director of U.S. Quidditch, cites a commitment to inclusivity for the change in a statement issued to EW.
J.K. Rowling.John Phillips/Getty Images
“Since the sports' founding in 2005, quidditch has undergone so many transformations the rules have changed; team names and jerseys are incredibly creative, fun and professional; and our events look more like a soccer tournament than anything else,” Kimball said.
“I’m proud to stand with our community as we go through another big change, one that allows us to truly live our values as an inclusive, safe sport for athletes of all races and genders.”
A spokesperson from The Blair Partnership, which represents Rowling, said in a statement to EW: “The Quidditch Premier League, U.S. Quidditch and Major League Quidditch have never been endorsed or licensed by J.K.
Rowling.”
The author first came under fire last year when she shared a series of tweets insinuating that transgender women are not women and transgender men are not men.
Rowling, who has aligned herself with trans-exclusionary radical feminists, also shared atweet earlier this monthabout police recording sexual assault by offenders with male genitalia as women if they identify as female.
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