JK Rowling

The author was giving her backing to a protest outside the Scottish Parliament over controversial gender recognition legislation.

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Ms Rowling tweeted: “I stand in solidarity with @ForWomenScot and all women protesting and speaking outside the Scottish Parliament. #NoToSelfID.”.

She said: “This Bill is about reforming an existing process that is degrading and traumatic for trans people, seeking to make it less traumatic for those who want to legally change their gender. Ms Sturgeon said the gender recognition process was “degrading and traumatic”. Nicola Sturgeon has insisted people should “try to treat each other with respect” after JK Rowling wore a T-shirt calling the First Minister a “destroyer of women’s rights”.

The SNP leader has again claimed to be a 'feminist' but hoards of protesters gathered to state differently, with JK Rowling donning an accusatory t-shirt ...

Maggie Chapman of the Scottish Greens and Labour's Pam Duncan-Glancy are also in favour. Since then her reforms have been rejected by a 60 per cent majority during a consultation with the biggest concern being "unintended consequences". [Scots trans killer demanding to be treated like baby with nappies and baby food](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-trans-killer-demanding-treated-26674082) [Policy experts slate SNP's Gender Recognition Act for being 'biased' and 'full of holes'](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/policy-experts-slate-snps-gender-26978896) [The Gender Recognition Act: Controversial women's rights debate explained](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/gender-recognition-act-controversial-womens-26309789) [Patrick Harvie defends 'wild overreactions' of Lorna Slater's controversial gender self ID law comments](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/patrick-harvie-defends-wild-overreactions-26695937) [More on the trans debate](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/all-about/trans-debate) Still waiting for those examples!" [here](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/). Vic Valentine, manager of Scottish Trans said: "We urge MSPs to now also vote in favour of reforms, and to make a real difference to the lives of trans people in Scotland." [lost a court case ](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/humiliation-nicola-sturgeon-womens-rights-26530015)that sought to change the legal definition of "woman" to include those with a gender recognition certificate in employment schemes to ensure equal sex representation on Scotland's public boards. This comes as a majority of MSPs on Holyrood's equalities, human rights and civil justice committee recommended the general principles of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill should be approved. [SNP told by UK equalities watchdog that sex-based rights WILL be impacted by gender reforms](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/snp-told-uk-equalities-watchdog-28162852) [ Ms Rowling](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/all-about/jk-rowling) tweeted her support with a bold T-shirt accusing Ms Sturgeon of dismantling sex-based rights with the SNP's gender reforms that will introduce a system of self-ID. [BBC ](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/all-about/bbc)Radio 4 on Friday that she is a “passionate, lifelong feminist” adding it "doesn't take any rights away from women.” ["destroyer of women's rights"](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/campaigner-who-called-nicola-sturgeon-27347217) if you're JK Rowling, has responded to the accusation from the Harry Potter author.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants legislation to make it easier for transgender people to 'self ID'; JK Rowling backed For Women Scotland activists who ...

Women are entitled to dignity, safety and fairness' Your job as lawmakers is not just to put into law what you think is right, but understand the laws of unintended consequences.' 'They should not dismiss, because in that world of dismissal, you shoot the messenger. There are other people that are more vulnerable'. 'I'm not saying that the committee should agree with everything that we say. Women are entitled to dignity, safety and fairness.' Caroline Ffiske from Conservatives for Women said: 'Nicola Sturgeon's comments about JK Rowling not being "a real feminist" are absurd. Mean girl behaviour is characterised by gossiping, verbal put-downs of others, bullying, backstabbing, and using others to get ahead. At heart, Sturgeon is one of the mean girls'. However some on the committee were 'concerned that the removal of the requirement for gender dysphoria and the requirement for medical evidence may extend the GRC process to a large and more diverse group of people'. There are other campaigns that matter. Its protagonist Regina George, played by Rachel McAdams, has been branded the world's most evil high school student .

The first minister said she is a "real feminist" after the Harry Potter author accused her of "destroying women's rights" through her gender recognition ...

#NoToSelfID." She went on: "There are many, many real threats out there to women right now, from attacks - physical attacks, attacks of sexual violence to the removal of abortion and reproductive rights - women in countries like Iran are going through. The bill will stop the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria, as well as reduce the time a person would be required to live in their acquired gender from two years to three months - though there would be a three-month "reflection period". She said the bill is about "reforming an existing process" and "doesn't give any more rights to trans people and it doesn't take any rights away from women". The first minister said she is a "real feminist" after the Harry Potter author accused her of "destroying women's rights" through her gender recognition reforms. Ms Sturgeon described herself as a "real" and "passionate" feminist she defended the bill on Friday morning.

The First Minister lashed out after the Harry Potter author called her a 'destroyer of women's rights' over her gender self-ID plan.

“The threat to women in our society today is not from trans women. “Men are the risk to women, not trans women. A Holyrood debate on the Bill is scheduled for Oct 27. It is from abusive men and from lawmakers who want to take away our rights and that is what we should be focusing on.” “There are no shortage of attacks on women that feminists, real feminists as I consider myself to be should be focusing on right now,” she added. In a rebuke to Ms Rowling, Ms Sturgeon said that “real feminists as I consider myself to be” focus on the “real” threats to women posed by abusive men and “lawmakers who want to take away our rights”.