“Looking forward to being arrested”: JK Rowling takes on Scottish government. Rowling has long been clear about her transphobic beliefs, including her "concerns" about trans women using public toilets.

Scottish Prime Minister Humza Yousaf from the SNP independence party defended the law. The general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, David Kennedy, was more skeptical. He warned in an interview on BBC 4 radio that officials were not sufficiently trained to apply the new legislation.