QuidditchUK wants to be renamed following JK Rowling comments

Quidditch UK wants to ‘distance’ itself from the author of Harry Potter following her comments on gender identity (PA)

The governing body for Quidditch in the UK has said they want to be renamed to “distance” itself from Harry Potter author JK Rowling following her “hateful” comments on gender identity.

The broomstick-borne sport of Quidditch was influenced by Rowling’s best-selling wizard novels and invented in the United States in 2005, before taking off in the UK.