It was no April Fool’s joke.

Harry Potter author-turned culture warrior J.K. Rowling kicked off the month with an 11-tweet social media thread in which she argued 10 transgender women were men — and dared Scottish police to arrest her.

Rowling’s intervention came as a controversial new Scottish government law, aimed at protecting minority groups from hate crimes, took effect. And it landed amid a fierce debate over both the legal status of transgender people in Scotland and over what actually constitutes a hate crime.

Already the law has generated far more international buzz than is normal for legislation passed by a small nation’s devolved parliament.

  • mindbleach
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    8 months ago

    If you think anti-queer bigotry is excusable, fuck you.

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      8 months ago

      Why are you mentioning “excusable”?

      We’re literally discussing arresting these people because they disagree with you. Try to stay on topic.

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        8 months ago

        The topic is that their beliefs are actively harmful… which is inexcusable. Do you speak English?