Police 'would assess' online misgendering

Published date02 April 2024
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
MSPs passed the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act in 2021, consolidating existing hate crime legislation and creating a new offence of stirring up hatred against protected characteristics, although sex has been omitted in favour of a standalone Bill designed to tackle misogyny

Asked whether misgendering someone on the internet was a crime under the new law, Scotland's minister for victims and community safety

Siobhian Brown (above) told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme: "It would be a police matter for them to assess what happens.

"It...

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