Transcript of the statement is up:
news.gov.scot/speeches-and-briefings/statement-on-gender-recognition
(Some excerpts)
The Equality Act already allows trans people to be excluded from single sex services where that is proportionate and justifiable.
It is our view that this applies even where a trans person has legal recognition. The Government’s proposals to reform the Act will not affect that position.
This applies even where a trans person has legal recognition. The Government’s proposals to reform the Act will not affect that position.
This government has a duty to address the concern that reforming the process for gender recognition will increase the risks women face from men.
This government will therefore develop guidance that helps to bring clarity to these issues and ensures that policy makers and service providers better understand how to ensure that the hard won rights of both women and trans people can be collectively realised.
This will be used across the Scottish Government and available to all public authorities to help inform policy development and implementation. It will also of course be publicly available.
The Scottish Government recognises that in taking the unarguably good general principle of inclusivity, and developing specific recommendations, the approach risks potentially excluding other girls from female-only spaces. That cannot be right.
We have therefore decided to replace the LGBT Youth work with guidance from the Scottish Government.
the Scottish Government will establish a working group on sex and gender in data comprised of professionals from across statistical services. This will be led by and report to the Chief Statistician.
The working group will consider what guidance should be offered to public bodies on the collection of data on sex and gender including what form of data collection and disaggregation is most appropriate in different circumstances.