Quidditch is getting ditched. Two large leagues say they want to distance their sport from author J.K. Rowling – and a name change could help them grow.
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Quidditch leagues look to change their name, citing Rowling's anti-trans stances
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Quidditch leagues to change name, citing J.K. Rowling's 'anti-trans positions'
US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch said Wednesday they will conduct a series of surveys over the next few months to decide on a new name for the sport
Quidditch is getting ditched. Two large leagues say they want to distance their sport from author J.K. Rowling – and a name change could help them grow.
You’re an adult playing a game adapted from a children’s fantasy book about witches and magic. But you don’t want to be associated with the woman who invented the game in her children’s fantasy book about witches and magic because she’s not willing to indulge in your magic fantasies about human biol…