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Why is Quidditch snitching on JK Rowling over trans rights?

21 December 2021

12:46 AM

21 December 2021

12:46 AM

To those of us who know Quidditch from the fantasy world of the Harry Potter books, the idea of grown-ups running around a field with a broomstick clasped between their legs is a bit ridiculous. But make no mistake: this is serious stuff. The sport has its own governing body, the International Quidditch Association, that manages its rule book.

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