J.K. Rowling has taken on Scotland's new legislation against hate speech in a lengthy anti-transgender Twitter thread posted Monday.
Per ABC, Scotland's new Hate Crime and Public Order Act makes it unlawful to incite hatred via threatening or abusive language on the basis age, disability, religion, sexual orientation and transgender identity. The "Harry Potter" series creator known for criticizing transgender individuals posted a thread about the new law by sharing information about several transgender women, including convicted criminals, trans-activists and other public figures. "April Fools!" Rowling wrote. "Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren't women at all, but men, every last one of them.
