2024-04-02 12:20:24
JK Rowling has challenged Scottish police to arrest her over her anti-trans statements.
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On April 1, the famous author of Harry Potter published a series of messages on its social networks denouncing new Scottish legislation against incitement to hatred. This new law makes any expression of hatred against different groups defined by age, disability, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity or intersexuality illegal.
The 58-year-old writer, who has already been very critical of the rights of transgender people, said she was particularly outraged by the fact that this new law does not include women in the categories of protected people. .
“Scottish lawmakers appear to have placed more importance on the feelings of men who interpret their idea of femininity, even in misogynistic or opportunistic ways, than on the rights and freedoms of women and girls,” she wrote in a long series of messages on X/Twitter.
“I am currently out of the country, but if what I have written here is considered an offense under the new law, I look forward to being arrested on my return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment,” he said. -she declared.
And added: “If you agree with the opinions expressed in this tweet, please retweet it. The maximum sentence under the new law in Scotland is seven years’ imprisonment. »
JK Rowling has been at war for several years against the rights granted to transgender women in particular, arguing that they are not “biologically” women.
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