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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    8 months ago

    If only they would get over it and agree that trans people have the right to exist or believe they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

    Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have an issue with there being (at least) two classes of homo sapiens, one lesser than the other and thus not deserving of any dignity or respect.

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            8 months ago

            I’m glad you didn’t say Oedipal, because right now, all I want to do is murder her.

            We had this conversation not too long ago-

            “I thought the Mayo Clinic was going to be like the ER, where a whole team of doctors works on you at once.”

            “Mom, I’ve been in the ER four times in the last year. They don’t do that there.”

            “Yes they do, I’ve seen the shows!”