Avast ye! J.K. Rowling be cursin' like a scallywag over a lass runnin' a football club! Arrr!
2024-05-12
Arrr, the wench J.K. Rowling be raisin' hell o'er an English footy club makin' a trans shipmate the skipper of a women's crew. Methinks she be battlin' dragons of her own! Aye, strange times we be sailin' in, me hearties!
Sutton United, a women’s football club in England that plays in the London and South East Women's Regional Football League, made history earlier this year when it named Lucy Clark as manager. Clark is the first transgender manager in women’s soccer history.Clark was initially the first transgender woman to be a referee. Clark was a referee in the third tier of women’s soccer in England. Clark, at the time, called the appointment to manager of Sutton United "kind of a dream come true," according to BBC.On Saturday, Pride UK – an LGBTQIA+ advocacy group – expressed support for Clark as the manager of Sutton United, touting Clark’s rise from being a referee to now leading a soccer club. The post garnered a ton of reaction."When I was young all the football managers were straight, white, middle-aged blokes, so it's fantastic to see how much things have changed," "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling wrote on X.Australian lawyer Katherine Deves Morgan wrote, "Middle-aged bloke celebrated for cross-dressing on the soccer field. What an easy way to make yourself the centre of attention."British politician Jayda Fransen added that Clark’s appointment was "offensive to both men and women."Clark responded to the remarks on X."Another day of hate fuelled transphobia against me… but hey guess what I am living my best life," Clark wrote. "Wake up everyday with my beautiful family around me. Everyday I laugh and have things to look forward too. Who’s winning at life… the one who’s happy and smiling or those hating?"So JK, Posie, Glinner and the rest of you out there hating on my community and myself guess what IDGAF… you keep hating and I will keep on smiling and living my best life. Maybe you should all give it a try eh."The London and South East Women's Regional Football League is in the fifth tier of women’s soccer. Sutton United is eighth in the standings.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.