J.K. Rowling Challenges Police to Arrest Her Following New Scottish Hate Crime Law

Mar. 15, 2025

J.K. Rowling.Photo:Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty

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J.K. Rowlinghas challenged Scottish police to arrest her following a set of social media posts in which she describes transgender women as men.On Monday, the controversial ScottishHarry Potterauthor, 58, posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, in response to theHate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act, which went into effect on April 1, 2024.

J.K. Rowling in 2022.Stuart C. Wilson/Getty

Stuart C. Wilson/Getty

J.K. Rowling in 2019.Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty

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