JK Rowling, the author of “Harry Potter,” addressed a brutal reply to a transgender journalist who had reported her to law enforcement for “hate crimes” of misgendering.
India Willoughby, an identified trans woman, claimed the well-known author of breaking the law by calling Willoughby “a man” in a social media post on March 4.
“J.K. Rowling has undoubtedly committed a crime. I am legally a woman. In an interview with Byline TV on Wednesday, Willoughby said, “She knows I’m a woman, and she called me a man.” It’s a protected characteristic, which goes against both the Gender Recognition Act and the Equalities Act. She has 14 million followers on Twitter.
“I reported J.K. Rowling to the police for what she said,” Willoughby continued. “I don’t know if that’s going to be treated as a hate crime or malicious communications, but it’s a cut-and-dry offense,” she added. In the end, it is a hate crime.
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On X, Rowling retorted, “Some time back, lawyers advised me that I had a clearly winning case against India Willoughby for libel, and that its anxious targeting of me over the past few years might meet the legal threshold for harassment.”
She continued, “I ignored this advice because I couldn’t be bothered giving India the publicity he so clearly craves.”
Before arguing that “no law compels people to believe that India is a woman,” Rowling cited a legal decision in the UK that determined that views critical of gender philosophy were protected by the Equality Act.
People on X left a group statement under a picture from the discussion that appeared to support Rowling’s point of view.
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According to Rowling, it was legal to criticize gender philosophy under UK rules. (Getty)“In the UK, it may be illegal to discriminate against people with a protected characteristic. However, it is not illegal to refer to a transgender person by their sex. According to the group notice, “Free speech is recognized as an expression of belief and protected by the Equality Act 2010.”
Rowling delivered a sharp defense of her position at the conclusion of her statement.
She said, “Amused as I am that lying to law enforcement is an offense, I’ll just have to explain to the police that, in my opinion, India is a classic example of the male narcissist who lives in a state of perpetual rage that he can’t compel women to take him at his own valuation,”
The Northumbria Police Department confirmed Rowling had been the subject of a complaint on March 4 when she tweeted a statement criticizing Willoughby.
“We received a complaint about a post on social media on Monday, March 4. We are currently awaiting further communication with the complainant,” a spokesperson told Variety in a statement.
Left-wing protesters have targeted Rowling because of her stance on transgender issues.
Rowling admitted last October that she felt so strongly about the female issue that she would “happily” spend time in jail if her government made it illegal to “misgender” a trans person.
Rowling posted on X after one person informed her that under the Labour Party, that could mean two years in jail. “I’ll happily do two years if the alternative is compelled speech and forced denial of the truth and necessity of sex,” Rowling said. “Bring on the legal action, I say. It’ll be funnier on the inside than I’ve ever had.”
Kendall Tietz from Fox News contributed to this report.
