For her many critics, arresting JK Rowling wouldn’t have made her anti-trans comments any less harmful

JK Rowling, Photo: PA

Louis Chilton
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“Arrest me,” wrote JK Rowling, at 11.45am on April 1, 2024. Despite the date, this was no April Fools’ prank. The Harry Potter author’s dare – aimed at the legal authorities in Scotland, where she lives – was entirely serious.

It came at the end of an 11-tweet thread, 10 entries of which were dedicated to sharing names and photographs of different transgender women.