{"id":1131953,"date":"2021-12-19T11:04:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T16:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1131953"},"modified":"2021-12-19T11:04:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T16:04:51","slug":"quidditch-leagues-to-rename-and-distance-from-author-j-k-rowlings-transgender-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quidditch-leagues-to-rename-and-distance-from-author-j-k-rowlings-transgender-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Quidditch Leagues to Rename and Distance from Author J.K. Rowling&#039;s Transgender Views"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fquidditch-leagues-to-rename-and-distance-from-author-j-k-rowlings-transgender-views%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1131953&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Players of the&nbsp;the fictional sport quidditch are looking to \u201cdistance\u201d themselves from <em>Harry Potter<\/em> creator J.K. Rowling and rename their pursuit, upset her rejection of transgenderism does not align with their beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Quidditch (USQ) and Major League Quidditch (MLQ) announced Sunday they will choose a new name for their real-life version of the broomstick-based recreation following the controversy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The <em>Sun<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/17086322\/quidditch-new-name-harry-potter-jk-rowling\/\">reports<\/a> non-magic players of the game, made famous by Rowling\u2019s <em>Harry Potter<\/em> series, play in teams of seven on a hockey field while riding above a \u201cbroom\u201d held between their legs.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cmuggle\u201d version of the game \u2013 which features flying and enchanted balls in the Hogwarts universe \u2013 is played the world over but may soon come with a new name.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement, a spokesperson for the USQ and MLQ is quoted by the <em>Sun<\/em> saying: \u201cThe leagues are hoping a name change can help them continue to distance themselves from the works of J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter book series, who has increasingly come under scrutiny for her anti-trans positions in recent years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19187690\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1193618855.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19187690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1193618855-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>J.K. Rowling arrives at the 2019 RFK Ripple of Hope Awards at New York Hilton Midtown on December 12, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19187650\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-106880147.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19187650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-106880147-1024x687-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"664\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Competitors take part in a match of Quidditch, Harry Potter\u2019s magical and fictional game, during the 4th Quidditch World Cup, in New York, November 13, 2010. (EMMANUEL DUNAND\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur sport has developed a reputation as one of the most progressive sports in the world on gender equality and inclusivity, in part thanks to its gender maximum rule, which stipulates that a team may not have more than four players of the same gender on the field at a time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth organizations feel it is imperative to live up to this reputation in all aspects of their operations and believe this move is a step in that direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rowling has long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2020\/06\/07\/jk-rowling-transgender-erases-women\/\">questioned<\/a> transgender ideology and holds there are two sexes and only women can conceive and have children. She has stated publicly&nbsp;transgender ideology will erase women and gays from the law and culture.<\/p>\n<p>Rowling also came under fire from activists last year after mocking the use of the phrase \u201cpeople who menstruate\u201d in menstrual health guidance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">J.K. Rowling refuses to backdown against radical transgender ideology and publicly scolded Scottish police for documenting male rapists as &#8220;women.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3X6t8lbeD6\">https:\/\/t.co\/3X6t8lbeD6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1470392547398803466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The author has since been subjected to abuse for criticising the view that male and female sexes do not exist. She<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/12\/13\/j-k-rowling-scolds-police-for-documenting-male-rapists-as-women\/?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social\"> argued<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cerasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The transgender movement has countered by saying each person\u2019s biological sex is determined by their personal feeling of \u201cgender,\u201d not by their biology.<\/p>\n<p>This claim demands governments force people of all ages to agree men do become real women whenever the men declare they have the \u201cgender identity\u201d of a woman.<\/p>\n<p>It also requires everyone to accept the construct a man\u2019s penis becomes a woman\u2019s penis when he says so, and it requires all to encourage confused children to take risky and irreversible drugs and cosmetic surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Rowling will have none of it and is not afraid to say so.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9310344827586\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">War is Peace.<br \/>Freedom is Slavery.<br \/>Ignorance is Strength.<br \/>The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SyxFnnboM1\">https:\/\/t.co\/SyxFnnboM1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1470092815506063365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Eddie Redmayne who have profited by associating with the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> series are amongst those who have scolded Rowling and her views.<\/p>\n<p>US Quidditch (USQ) and Major League Quidditch (MLQ) confirmed Sunday they will now conduct a poll to determine a new name for their sport.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Players of the\u00a0the fictional sport quidditch are looking to \u201cdistance\u201d themselves from Harry Potter creator J.K. 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