The Hate Crime and Public Order Bill arrives at a point where the debate around gender identity and sex is contested and volatile, and introduces new ‘stirring up hatred’ offences, which includes transgender identity.
Highlighting the lack of a freedom of expression provision for transgender identity, the Scottish Police Federation submission to the Justice Committee states that 'People are already frightened to enter the trans debate…’ https://spf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hate-Crime-Media-Release.pdf
The following links show where people have already felt justified in trying to limit as “hateful” the expression of certain views which other people hold to be important statements of fact, with no hateful content.
A University of Edinburgh event to discuss sex-based rights is said to afford "credibility to… views expressing hate and phobic sentiments towards members of the University community” and provide "material support to speakers with a transphobic agenda”. https://www.change.org/p/university-of-edinburgh-edinburgh-university-transphobic-event-is-unacceptable
The Equality Network describes those arguing for a separate sex and gender identity question in the census as ‘anti-trans lobbyists’.
https://mailchi.mp/equality-network/help-us-protect-scotlands-census-1588169
Charity Mermaids state that sharing JK Rowling’s blog “mightn’t necessarily be treated as a deliberate act of transphobia” but could also be “a deliberate act of aggression and "severe harassment" https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1286609951239155715?s=20
MP Nadia Whittome states that to debate issues around trans rights is a “foot in the door for doubt and hatred”.
Sarah Phillimore discovered she was on a police database though police agree she has not committed any offence & she strongly contests any hate. Her case raises qns about record keeping of "stirring up" reports, even where the police take no further action https://twitter.com/SVPhillimore/status/1288385575318425601?s=20
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