Harry Potter author JK Rowling. File photo LONDON, Jan 17 Police in Scotland will not consider it a criminal offense for LGBT activists to publish the address of British writer JK Rowling on the Internet, writes the Irvine Times. The author of books about Harry Potter appealed to the police after how activists posted online a photo of her home in Edinburgh last November showing the address. The activists were photographed near the house, holding posters with slogans in support of transgender people. Rowling stated that she was a victim of doxing — the disclosure and disclosure of personal data without her consent. The activists removed the photo on the second day after publication.
Rowling's name was hidden in the credits of «Fantastic Beasts»»On Monday, the police in Scotland confirmed the consideration of the appeal and did not found corpus delicti,» the newspaper writes. The scandal surrounding JK Rowling began with accusations of transphobia after her statements on Twitter. The writer shared an article on her account discussing «menstruating people». In a joking manner, she suggested recalling the familiar word «woman». However, Twitter users in the comments condemned Rowling for her allegedly disrespectful attitude towards transgender people, transsexuals and other minorities. Later, the author was accused of transphobia because of her new novel «Bad Blood» (Troubled Blood), published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Readers were outraged by the identity of transvestite serial killer Dennis Creed, suspected of the disappearance of the novel's heroine. in social networks
