{"id":6544,"date":"2024-04-02T16:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=6544"},"modified":"2024-04-02T16:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:00:40","slug":"uk-government-backs-j-k-rowling-in-scottish-hate-crime-law-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=6544","title":{"rendered":"UK government backs J.K. Rowling in Scottish hate crime law challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uk-government-backs-j-k-rowling-in-scottish-hate-crime-law-challenge.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The British government said J.K. Rowling should not be arrested for her transgender views after the Harry Potter author challenged Scotland\u2019s new hate crime law with social media posts asserting that a number of trans women were men.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1923974655\">\n<div id=\"cypru-480325967\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-8016334349668-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Rowling, a prominent gender critical campaigner<\/strong>, made the comments on Monday, the day that the crime of \u201cstirring up hatred\u201d relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation and transgender identity came into effect.<br \/>\nScotland\u2019s First Minister Humza Yousaf said the bill was about \u201cprotecting people from a rising tide of hatred\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cUnless your behaviour is threatening or abusive and intends to stir up hatred, then you have nothing to worry about in terms of the new offences being created,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nWomen are not protected as a group, but the Scottish National Party-led government in Edinburgh is looking at separate reforms to target misogyny.<br \/>\nScotland has been at the forefront of extending rights to the transgender community but a previous attempt to make it easier to change a legal gender was blocked by London over concerns it would impinge existing equality legislation.<br \/>\n<strong>The new hate crime law has also faced criticism over its impact on freedom of speech and concerns that it could be used to silence some views<\/strong>, including from those who advocate for women-only spaces.<br \/>\nRowling tested the law by listing 10 trans women, including a convicted rapist, sex abusers and high profile activists, on X and saying they were men.<br \/>\n\u201cFreedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n<strong>LAW GIVES POLICE \u2018WRONG PRIORITIES\u2019, PM SAYS<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m currently out of the country, but if what I\u2019ve written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, <strong>I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nScottish ministers have previously said misgendering people would not be an offence under the new law.<br \/>\nHowever, Minister for Victims and Community Safety Siobhan Brown told BBC radio on Monday it would be a matter for police to decide.<br \/>\nPrime Minister Rishi Sunak said Britain had a proud tradition of free speech and that the new law had given the police the wrong priorities.<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cWe should not be criminalising people saying common sense things about biological sex,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cClearly that isn\u2019t right.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nIndia Willoughby, Britain\u2019s first transgender newsreader and one of those who was listed by Rowling, questioned why anyone should \u201cpublicly denigrate and mock\u201d trans people.<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cWhat a sad pathetic sight. The best-known author in the world sitting up all night to write a mega-long troll post about me<\/strong>, because she\u2019s consumed by a hatred of trans people. Completely deranged,\u201d Willoughby said.<br \/>\nThe Scottish Police Federation said officers were being asked to enforce new laws when resources were being cut.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are anticipating a high number of complaints in relation to social media posts and it is clearly going to create a lot of extra work,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British government stated that J.K. 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