LONDON — British police said on March 7 they had received a complaint after a transgender broadcaster reported J.K. Rowling to them over comments the Harry Potter author had made on social media.
India Willoughby, Britain’s first transgender newsreader, has accused Rowling of a “hate crime” over remarks the author posted on X on March 4.
Rowling has rejected the allegation, saying it was not a crime to hold gender-critical views.
In an interview with British independent news publisher Byline Times, which was posted on X late on March 6, Willoughby, 58, said: “I contacted Northumbria constabulary. I have reported J.K. Rowling to the police for what she said.
“Calling a trans person a man, deliberately knowing that that person is a woman — and I am a woman regardless of what J.K. Rowling says.”
She added: “My birth certificate says female, my passport, all my documents, I am legally recognised as a woman. For J.K. Rowling to deliberately — and that is the key word — misgender me knowing who I am, is grossly offencive.”
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