Naman Ramachandran U.S. and U.K. associations devoted to quidditch will change the sport’s name, following comments on trans people by “Harry Potter” author J.K.
Rowling.Quidditch, a fictional, fast paced sport played on broomsticks invented by Rowling for her bestselling novels and further popularized by the Warner Bros.
series of films, has found acceptance as a real life sport (largely played on poles rather than brooms). However, last week, associations U.S.
Quidditch and Major League Quidditch began the process of changing the name of the sport. Rowling’s trans comments and the fact that the name quidditch is trademarked by Warner Bros.