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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: JK Rowling dares police to arrest her over anti-trans statements
Caption: JK Rowling dares police to arrest her over anti-trans statements. The Harry Potter author took to her social media on 1 April with a series of posts railing against Scotland's new hate crime legislation. The new law made it illegal to express hatred against a range of groups defined by age, disability, faith, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex. Having previously been vocally critical of transgender rights, Rowling, 58, said she was particularly upset that the new law did not define women as a protected category. She wrote: "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.” She added: "I'm currently out of the country, but if what I've written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment. If you agree with the views set out in this tweet, please retweet it.” The maximum penalty under the new act in Scotland is a seven-year prison sentence. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: JK Rowling,Scotland,Hate Crime Legislation,Transgender Rights,Anti-Trans Statements,Social Media,Protected Categories,Women's Rights,Scottish Enlightenment
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