The Harry Potter author described several transgender women as men in a series of social media posts.

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.

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

  • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
    25·
    8 months ago

    They do good work and help people? That’s great! They do the best work out of all charities worldwide? That’s even better!

    Still a tax dodge. You really want to help the world, donate. The money being out of their control is kind of the point…

    • gmtom@lemmy.world
      22·
      8 months ago

      How is the money being out of their control the point?

      The point is to save lives and help people, which the Gates foundation does incredibly well.

      And it’s not a tax dodge, he’s literally just not selling his Microsoft shares for cash, getting taxed, and then giving the money to the foundation and instead just giving the foundation the shares directly.