School drops plans to name house after JK Rowling amid transphobia row

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A school in Sussex has dropped plans to name a house after JK Rowling following “offensive” tweets. The Harry Potter author has been at the centre of a Twitter row over comments about transgender people.

The Weald school in Billingshurst, West Sussex, had been due to name a house after Rowling, but now says the idea had been scrapped.

In a letter to parents and students on Wednesday, deputy headteacher Sarah Edwards said: “In recent days it has come to light that one of our new names may in fact no longer be an appropriate role model for our community. “JK Rowling has tweeted some messages which are considered to be offensive to the LGBT+ community (specifically, trans-phobic) and we feel that we do not wish to be associated with these