Said bill was passed three years ago, but will only just now come into effect on April 1, 2024, also known as April Fool's Day. Because of the bill's ridiculous implications, many are wondering if it is some kind of April Fool's joke. The bill appears to have been passed because of a "crime" committed by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who was reported to the police in England for calling "trans woman" broadcaster India Willoughby, a biological male, a "man."
Because Willoughby self-identifies as a "trans woman," he demands, like many other LGBTQ+s do, that he be referred to using "she" pronouns, or perhaps "they" pronouns (who really cares, right?). Rowling, a notable public figure, refused to play ball, and here we are today in 2024 with the imminent execution of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, which prohibits using the "wrong" gender pronouns in reference to LGBTQ+s.
While England, ironically enough, where the non-crime was committed by Rowling – Northumbria Police later confirmed to Rowling that she did not, in fact, commit any crime by referring to Willoughby as a he – still maintains some semblance of free speech, Scotland is on a dark road to 1984-style tyranny of epic proportions with the implementation of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill...<<<Read More>>>....