Police confirm that J.K. Rowling did not break the law by tweeting criticism of Scotland's new hate incitement law and referring to transgender women as men.
J.K. Rowling did not violate the law by tweeting criticism of Scotland 's new hate incitement law and referring to transgender women as men, police said on Tuesday. The 'Harry Potter' author opposes the law, which came into effect on Monday and makes it illegal to incite hatred based on characteristics such as age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity, including being transgender.
Rowling is among the critics who say the legislation could be used to silence so-called 'gender critical' feminists, who argue that the rights of transgender women should not come at the expense of those who are biologically female. In a series of posts on X, Rowling referred to several prominent transgender women as men. Misgendering could be a crime under the new law, in certain circumstances
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