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Enda Brady: UK Correspondent on Scotland's new hate speech laws and JK Rowling's response

Published: April 1, 2024, 9:30 p.m.

JK Rowling has waded into the argument surrounding Scotland\u2019s new hate speech laws.\xa0

The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act is intended to consolidate existing hate crime laws along with creating a new offence of \u201cthreatening or abusive behaviour which is intended to stir up hatred\u201d on the grounds of age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity and variations in sex characteristics.\xa0

UK Correspondent Enda Brady told Mike Hosking that Rowling has been extremely trans-critical or gender-critical in recent years and has effectively dared Police to enforce this law in regard to her.\xa0

With the legislation coming into effect today, Rowling made several tweets naming transgender women and ending the thread by calling them all men.\xa0

Brady said it\u2019s going to be fascinating to see if the police will actually step in and question Rowling.\xa0

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