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    JK Rowling could be investigated by police for misgendering trans people, SNP minister says

    by Ellie Harrison Apr 01, 2024 2 minutes
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    JK Rowling could be investigated by police for misgendering trans people under Scotland’s new hate crime law, an SNP minister has said.

    The party’s community safety minister, Siobhian Brown, had previously claimed that misgendering – for example, using the pronoun “he” when talking about a trans woman – would not count as a hate crime, but she has now said it would be a police decision.

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