Police accused of parodying JK Rowling
Today’s article in The Telegraph: Police accused of parodying JK Rowling with ‘Jo’, who thinks trans people should go to gas chambers is based on a Freedom of Information response from Police Scotland which includes a scenario presented as part of an event organised by the Scottish LGBTI Police Association and the Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) campaign group. Attendees were presented with a scenario in which Jo is described as a passionate gender-critical campaigner who says things like “there are only two genders” before rather quickly and dramatically escalating to “they all belong in the gas chambers”.
Marion Calder, a director at For Women Scotland, is quoted in the article: “the materials were clearly trying to create a link with JK Rowling and it was deeply concerning to see ‘Jo’ quickly leap from reasonable statements to the Holocaust.”
The scenario in the presentation:
The full documents relating to this event:
- More than the colour blue, presentation 24 Feb 2024
- More than the colour blue event, scenarios and questions, 24 Feb 2024
Other documents released in the FOI response:
- Terrence Higgins Trust event Trans training Tulliallan Feb 23
- Terrence Higgins Trust event Trans Healthcare – Then & Now
- Responding to AIDS crisis event Script, LGBTQ+ History Month
- Responding to AIDS crisis event Structure, LGBTQ History Month 2024
- All Police Scotland LGBT History Month internal communications
- Decriminalisation of Homosexuality event slides
- Growth Mindset Empower Hour
- Developing your Personal Brand Empower Hour
- List Police Scotland LGBT History Month 2024 events
- LGBTI Leap Year Celeb 29 Feb Agenda v0.1 24.02.22
- LGBT+ focussed recruitment event slides 24.02.24