Trans activist India Willoughby has actually reported J.K. Rowling to the authorities for “intentionally misgendering” her online.
The television character informed Byline television that she has actually reported the Harry Potter author to Northumbria Police for consistently calling her a male and explaining her as “a guy delighting in his misogynistic efficiency of what he believes ‘female’ implies” on X/Twitter previously today.
“J.K. Rowling has actually certainly devoted a criminal offense. I’m lawfully a lady. She understands I’m a female, and she calls me a guy,” Willoughby stated in the interview. “It’s a secured particular, which is a breach of both the Equalities Act and the Gender Recognition Act. She’s tweeted that out to 14 million fans.”
She continued, “I have actually reported J.K. Rowling to the cops for what she stated, which I do not understand if that’s going to be dealt with as a hate criminal activity, harmful interactions – however it’s a cut-and-dried offense, as far as I’m worried.
“I am lawfully identified as a lady, and for J.K. Rowling to intentionally, which is the keyword, misgender me, understanding who I am, is grossly offending.”
Resharing the video of Willoughby’s interview, the 58-year-old author informed her fans that she had actually consulted her legal representatives “a long time earlier” and they identified that she had “a plainly winnable case” versus the newsreader for character assassination. She was presumably likewise encouraged that “India’s compulsive targeting of me over the previous couple of years might satisfy the legal limit for harassment” however she chose not to act on these suggestions at the time.
“No law forces anybody to pretend to think that India is a female,” she continued. “Aware as I am that it’s an offense to lie to police, I’ll just need to describe to the authorities that, in my view, India is a timeless example of the male narcissist who resides in a state of continuous rage that he can’t force ladies to take him at his own evaluation.”
Rowling has actually been at the centre of debate for numerous years due to her views on transgender rights. Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson openly condemned her remarks in 2020.