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JK Rowling has challenged Scotland's new hate crime law in a series of social media posts - inviting police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence.

The Harry Potter author, who lives in Edinburgh, described several transgender women as men, including convicted prisoners, trans activists and other public figures.

She said "freedom of speech and belief" was at an end if accurate description of biological sex was outlawed.

Earlier, Scotland's first minister Humza Yousaf said the new law would deal with a "rising tide of hatred".

The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 creates a new crime of "stirring up hatred" relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex.

Ms Rowling, who has long been a critic of some trans activism, posted on X on the day the new legislation came into force.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 75 points 7 months ago (13 children)

It’s not a crime to be an insufferable piece of shit. Usually. If they make an exception for her, okay then.

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 67 points 7 months ago (11 children)

No, but it seems like "stirring up hate" is a crime. And, as a public figure who is publicly hateful, she potentially fits that description

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (5 children)

No, but it seems like “stirring up hate” is a crime. And, as a public figure who is publicly hateful, she potentially fits that description

According to the article the law doesn't apply in a general sense.

It appears its written (along with another law) to only apply to an aggressor's interaction with a specific person. So the law wouldn't apply to Rowling's comments from twitter about the group in general. No specifically named person is targeted.

Also, something I just learned from this about Rowling's Transphobia that was strange to me. She doesn't appear to have any problem with FtM, but only problems with MtF. I have never run across someone who has such specific bigotry in this case.

[–] mbrailer@mstdn.social 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@partial_accumen I would suspect that a lot of transphobes are more hostile to MtF than FtM, if you could get inside their heads.

Note that the nightmare scenario most commonly invoked to promote laws concerning bathrooms is men in women's bathrooms, rarely the opposite.

Also, modern fashion has given women a lot of freedom to wear men's-style clothing, but men don't get the same. People seem to expect men to look like men and some get very set off when they don't.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I would suspect that a lot of transphobes are more hostile to MtF than FtM

There's no need to "suspect", it's plain as day. Almost the entire fight about Trans is in regards to MtF.

People, and most especially women who identify as feminists, REALLY do not like the idea of Men being Women but most of them don’t care at all about Women who want to be Men.

This whole thing is an attempt to control men.

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