JK Rowling leads criticism after transgender woman managing women's soccer club is celebrated

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 their manager. Clark is the first transgender manager in women’s soccer history.

Clark was initially the first transgender women 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.