I'm guessing there is a greater context for the Scalzi statement that has been stripped away

[james_davis_nicoll]

Gynophobes still get to define how authors identify themselves

The quotation in question is

Writers posing as men, such as James Tiptree Jr. and, of course, J.K. Rowling, are allowed to come out as women once the audience has accepted them, according to John Scalzi, the president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.