On Monday, Scotland enacted a new anti-hate crime law designed to crack down on “stirring up hatred” related to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity, or intersex identity. And Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling doesn’t appear to be happy about it.
Rowling took to X Monday morning for a lengthy screed in which she denounced the law, openly misgendered several trans people, and then dared Scottish authorities to arrest her.
“Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls,” Rowling posted.
