{"id":20345,"date":"2022-07-20T16:16:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/quidditch-name-is-now-quadball-in-rebuke-to-jk-rowling-over-trans-rights\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T16:16:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:16:49","slug":"quidditch-name-is-now-quadball-in-rebuke-to-jk-rowling-over-trans-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/quidditch-name-is-now-quadball-in-rebuke-to-jk-rowling-over-trans-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Quidditch name is now quadball, in rebuke to JK Rowling over trans rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-grBDNq hide-for-print mb-sm undefined\">\n<div class=\"PJLV PJLV-iAjpuP-css flex items-center pr-sm\" data-qa=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-fLphcs\"><button class=\"wpds-c-gNHrZC wpds-c-gNHrZC-bywHgD-variant-primary wpds-c-gNHrZC-biynoz-density-compact wpds-c-gNHrZC-hZSyid-isOutline-true wpds-c-gNHrZC-ejCoEP-icon-left wpds-c-gNHrZC-futxca-cv wpds-c-gNHrZC-ihhnWqF-css\"><button class=\"PJLV PJLV-igcOMTV-css\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"wpds-c-coakfw wpds-c-efqEZa focus-highlight flex items-center justify-center brad-lg pointer transition-400 ease-in-out transition-colors\" aria-label=\"Comment on this story\" iconstyle=\"[object Object]\"><title>Comment on this story<\/title><path d=\"M14 14V2H2v9.47h8.18L12.43 13ZM3 10.52V3h10v9.23l-2.5-1.66Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>Comment<\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">LONDON \u2014 A sport invented by British author JK Rowling in her hugely popular Harry Potter series \u2014 which features witches and wizards flying on broomsticks trying to score goals \u2014 is rebranding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The fictional game has been a real-life sensation among muggles for more than a decade and is played as a fast-paced, mixed-gender contact sport across the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">As part of an effort to distance the sport from its creator, who has sparked controversy for her views on transgender issues, the International Quidditch Association (IQA) announced that the sport will now be known as quadball.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cThis is an important moment in our sport&#8217;s history,\u201d said Chris Lau, chair of the IQA board of trustees, in a statement.  \u201cWe are confident in this step and we look forward to all the new opportunities quadball will bring.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The global body said one of the main reasons for the name change was that Rowling \u201chas increasingly come under scrutiny for her anti-trans positions.\u201d  It listed LGBTQ advocacy groups that had huge lead the writer, as well as actors who appeared in the popularly Harry Potter movies and who were also critical of her views.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The IQA said a second reason for the name change was trademarks and licensing.  The trademark for \u201cquidditch\u201d is owned by the Warner Bros.  entertainment company, and organizers want to use the quadball trademark to continue to grow the game \u201cinto a mainstay of organized sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"font--article-body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db italic interstitial\">Harry Potter stars reunite for &#8216;magical&#8217; 20th anniversary special, without JK Rowling<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Rowling, 56, fueled a social media storm after she shared her opinions on Twitter and later penned a lengthy personal essay on transgender issues, prompting many in the LGBTQ community to accuse her of transphobia.  Rowling has said that she supports trans rights and has been a long-standing donor to LGBTQ charities but that she does not believe in \u201cerasing\u201d the concept of biological sex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">She has not publicly commented on the name change, but earlier this month she <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1546843546392711168\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a>: \u201cLike many women on the left, I despair that so many self-proclaimed liberals turn a blind eye to the naked misogyny of the gender identity movement and the threat it poses to the rights of women and girls.\u201d  Rowling, who could not immediately be reached for comment early Wednesday, added: \u201cI believe women are susceptible to certain harms and have specific needs and that feminism is necessary to secure and protect our rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"font--article-body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db italic interstitial\">Bette Midler and Macy Gray upset trans advocates.  Here&#8217;s why.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, who played the trio of best friends Harry, Hermione and Ron, respectively, on the fabled Hogwarts school set, have all publicly distanced themselves from Rowling&#8217;s comments and said they stand with the trans community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The proposal to change the sport&#8217;s name was first made in March, and thousands of players across the globe were polled on the new name, the IQA said, before they settled on quadball \u2014 which refers to both the number of balls and the number of positions used in the sport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Quidditch soared off the page and was adapted for the real-life pitch in 2005, when it was first played at Middlebury College in Vermont.  The rules became gradually codified, and the sport took off in 2007.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">It now boasts nearly 600 teams in 40 countries, the IQA said, and is often broadcast on television and online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Seven players on each team \u2014 among them chasers, beaters and a seeker (Harry Potter&#8217;s own position) \u2014 attempt to score the quaffle ball through opposition hoops.  Instead of flying, the players run with ersatz broomsticks positioned between their legs as they jostle, catch, defend and tackle to score points and win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cThe broom adds a layer of skill and complexity to the sport, through a handicap which works the same way you must pass a ball backwards in rugby, or can only kick the ball\u201d in soccer, according to QuidditchUK, the sport&#8217;s governing body in british<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The sport is \u201cunique as the only full-contact, mixed-gender sport in the world, especially to those who identify with the trans or non-binary communities,\u201d QuidditchUK says on its website.  \u201cWe celebrate that inclusion of those from the LGBTQ+ communities, and greatly encourage anyone from any background to take part in our sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Major League Quidditch, a league in the United States and Canada, and US Quidditch, the sport&#8217;s US governing body, are also parties to the name change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cQuadball isn&#8217;t just a new name, it&#8217;s a symbol for a future for the sport without limitations,\u201d Major League Quidditch founders wrote in a letter posted online Tuesday.  \u201cWith it, we hope to turn the sport into exactly what it aspirates to be: something for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Major League Quidditch said it \u201cdid not make this name-change lightly\u201d and expects to revamp franchises by the fall and continue with brand changes before the end of the year.  Changing the sport&#8217;s name \u201copens unprecedented opportunities for growth, exposure and partnerships,\u201d the group added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"font--article-body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db italic interstitial\">JK Rowling thought she was talking to Zelensky.  It was Russian pranksters.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">In Britain, QuidditchUK said it fully supports the rebranding, calling it a \u201cgreat moment in the development of our sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cThe name change indicates a firm stance with our trans players and members, as well as giving us more firm legal footing and opening up greater opportunities for funding and external partners,\u201d it said on its website.  The quidditch rebrand will continue this year, and players should also expect the names of the balls to be amended as part of the overhaul.  The name of the snitch \u2014 a magical golden ball in the books, and a role played by a person in the game \u2014 will also be changed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Rowling&#8217;s Harry Potter books first published in 1997 have become a bedtime staple for many children and a global phenomenon, with movies, theme parks and merchandise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The stories follow the orphaned wizard Harry as he seeks to save the magical world from nemesis Voldemort, alongside his classmates.  The hugely popular books have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than 80 languages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The next international quidditch tournament will take place this weekend in Limerick, Ireland, the IQA said, with teams from Europe, Australia and Hong Kong taking part.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"b bt bc-offblack dn-ns hide-for-print\" data-testid=\"mostRead\" subscriptions-section=\"content\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment on this story Comment LONDON \u2014 A sport invented by British author JK Rowling in her hugely popular Harry Potter series \u2014 which features witches and wizards flying on broomsticks trying to score goals \u2014 is rebranding. 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