The legislation expands protections and creates a new charge of “stirring up hatred.” Critics, including J.K. Rowling, said the law was “wide open to abuse.”
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Why Putin name-checked J.K. Rowling
Putin has used scaremongering about gender and sexual orientation to support his authoritarian agenda. Right-wing politicians around the world are following the same playbook.
Putin Goes Into Battle on a Second Front: Culture
In a blast against “cancel culture,” he said the West is “canceling” Russia by going after “an entire thousand-year-old country, our people.”
Britain’s Transgender Stand-Ups Find Comedy in a Hostile Climate
With opposition to transgender issues regularly expressed by mainstream British figures, the country’s trans comedians are often just trying to assert their humanity.
J.K. Rowling Tweets Seen as Anti-Transgender Prompt Backlash
The creator of the “Harry Potter” series faced a backlash after she took aim at an article that referred to “people who menstruate.”
J.K. Rowling Criticized After Tweeting Support for Anti-Transgender Researcher
Ms. Rowling expressed support for a researcher whose views on transgender people were condemned by a court on Wednesday as “incompatible with human dignity.”