J.K. Rowling and the Case of the Transgender Question

The ruling by Britain’s top court that only those people born female can be considered women is a victory for reality — and the generation’s preeminent chronicler of witchcraft and wizardry, J.K. Rowling. At issue was the definition of “woman” in a 2010 law passed by Scotland’s Parliament mandating gender balance on public-sector boards. Scotland took the losing position that in this context transgender women ought to be considered females.