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Nicola Sturgeon is revealing an appalling naivety over trans rights

Her plan would compromise the rights of women and undermine the safeguarding of children
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Transsexuals support Reem Alsalem on Scottish Gender Recognition Reforms

A group of transsexuals wrote to Reem Asalem – the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences – regarding her recent intervention on the Scottish Government proposals for Gender Recognition Reform. The letter was organised by me. Here is our letter in full,

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Spain considers radical trans bill

A draft law allows over-14s to change their legal gender with no medical diagnosis
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Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill – Oral Evidence

I met with the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament on Monday 27 June 2022. The session was private and informal. The notes were posted by the EHRCJ Committee and are available on the Scottish Parliament website.

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Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill – Submission

My written submission to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament on 15 May 2022.
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Self-ID will not give trans people “dignity and respect”

Why is Caroline Nokes pushing so hard against current Government policy?
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Scotland’s Gender Recognition Act won’t help trans people

Today’s* bill is as bad as feared
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Sense in Parliament at Last on GRA Reform?

Last night’s* Westminster Hall debate on GRA reform ended the tactics of no debate on transgender rights. At times it was passionate; Miriam Cates was interrupted eight times in ten minutes as she argued the case for women, children, and science.

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The Gender Recognition Act Debated

Sophie Grace Chappell and Debbie Hayton

The Gender Recognition Act was debated by Sophie Grace Chappell (SGC) and Debbie Hayton (DH) on Mornings with Kaye Adams (KA). BBC Radio Scotland, Monday 21 February 2022.

Clip from Mornings with Kaye Adams, BBC Radio Scotland. 21 February 2022
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Women are right to worry about reform of the Gender Recognition Act

If anyone can change their legal sex – just because they want to – then what it means to be a woman becomes no more than a feeling in a man’s head. No wonder that a growing number of women are concerned about the Scottish Government’s proposed reform of the Gender Recognition Act.

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