JK Rowling could be investigated over misgendering

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Siobhian Brown, the SNP's community safety minister, told The Telegraph that, for example, calling a transgender woman "he" instead of by the pronouns which align with their gender identity could be considered a criminal offense.
58% : Almost half of all transgender people in Scotland had experienced a hate crime or incident because of their gender identity in the last 12 months, according to a 2017 report by LGBTQ+ advocacy group Stonewall Scotland.
42% : "There's a very high threshold, which is in the Act, which would be up to Police Scotland, and what would have to be said online or in person would be threatening and abusive," she said.
34% : She also accused transgender critics, such as Rowling, of "already leaping at the opportunity to fall on their swords and martyr themselves for the cause, even going as to imagine prison sentences they would happily serve.

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