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Nicola Sturgeon shuts down anti-trans misinformation after JK Rowling backs...
Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon responded to a BBC presenter who tried to paint trans women as dangerous: “Men are the risk to women, not trans women.” Sturgeon was asked by BBC Radio 4’s...
View ArticleScotland: Gender law reforms pass first vote with ‘overwhelming’ Holyrood...
A bill to streamline the laborious process on how trans people can change their gender on legal documents in Scotland has passed its first vote. The vote came just a short while after the end of the...
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JK Rowling shares video of woman heckling Nicola Sturgeon over trans rights....
JK Rowling took to Twitter on Thursday (1 December) to celebrate a heckler during Nicola Sturgeon’s speech at a charity event combatting violence against women. On Tuesday (29 November), Zero...
View ArticleUN human rights expert backs Scottish government’s vital gender law reforms
One of the UN’s leading voices on gender identity and LGBTQ+ rights has endorsed Scotland’s Gender Recognition Act reforms, which will be voted on next week. Victor Madrigal-Borloz, a UN Independent...
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Tory government to ask Scotland to relay gender law reform – despite years of...
UK Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch is expected to intervene asking for delays ahead of Scotland’s vote on gender reform. The legislation on gender reform, which aims to streamline the laborious...
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Scotland urged to seize ‘historic opportunity’ ahead of final vote on gender...
More than 60 LGBTQ+ organisations from around Scotland have written to MSPs in support of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill as it reaches its final stages of voting on Tuesday (20 December). MSPs...
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Scottish Tories accused of ‘shamelessly filibustering’ gender law reforms as...
Scottish Tories have been accused of trying to ‘blatantly and shamelessly filibuster’ parliamentary proceedings on gender reform legislation for trans people. MSPs sat through a marathon session of...
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What does Scotland’s gender recognition law change mean for trans people?
Holyrood has approved plans to simplify how trans people can change their gender on legal documents in Scotland, but the legislation is set to be blocked from becoming law by the Tory government in...
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Scotland and beyond celebrates historic gender recognition reform: ‘Trans...
Trans people, advocates and allies are celebrating Scotland’s revolutionary Gender Recognition Reform Bill passing through parliament. The bill passed by 86 votes to 39 on Thursday (22 December), and...
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Spain passes landmark trans rights law to make gender recognition simpler
Spain has approved a gender recognition bill which will make it easier for trans people to update their legal gender marker. Approved by 188 votes to 150 with seven abstentions on Thursday (22...
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Theresa May disappointed Westminster isn’t considering gender act reform like...
Theresa May has expressed subtle disappointment that gender recognition reforms recently passed in Scotland were ultimately scrapped in England. During her time as prime minister, May put forward...
View ArticleKemi Badenoch could declare Scottish gender recognition certificates invalid...
Kemi Badenoch is going to great lengths to invalidate Scotland’s gender recognition reform. The Scottish parliament has passed legislation to make it easier for trans people to gain a Gender...
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Trans activists blasts Tory government’s ‘outrageous’ response to Scotland’s...
Trans advocacy groups have condemned the Tory government’s response to Scotland’s planned reforms of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) following the passing of vital amendments. In December 2022, the...
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Thousands urge MPs to act over Tory government’s ‘transphobic’ response to...
Thousands of people have emailed their MPs urging them to take action over the UK government’s response to Scotland’s planned reforms of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA). In December 2022, the...
View ArticleEverything you need to know about Gender Recognition Certificates and how...
In the UK, a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) is a document that legally affirms someone’s gender. A person’s gender is initially registered at birth, so GRCs allow trans people to be recognised...
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Keir Starmer defends view that 16 is too young to change gender, says...
Keir Starmer has doubled down on his belief that 16 years old is too young to legally change gender while also stressing the importance of “sex-based rights”. The leader of the Labour Party first made...
View ArticleTory government to block Scotland’s gender reform bill risking the break-up...
The UK government has taken the unprecedented move to block Scotland’s vital and long-overdue reform of its gender recognition laws. Holyrood passed the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) bill on 22...
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Five massive lies about Gender Recognition Certificates for trans people,...
A number of lies about gender recognition certificates (GRCs) have plagued Scottish reform discussions over the past few months – and, indeed, every discussion around the subject. The Scottish reforms...
View ArticleTrans activist makes glaringly obvious point about Scottish gender bill and...
Heather Herbert, a long-time trans campaigner, left a Sky News anchor struggling for words after she summed up the ridiculousness of blocking Scotland’s gender reform bill with one simple statement....
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Tories blame ‘equal pay’ and ‘same-sex spaces’ for blocking Scottish gender...
The UK government blocked the Scottish Gender Recognition Act over concerns for “single-sex” spaces and “equal pay” protections, Scotland secretary Alister Jack has told Parliament. The Scottish...
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