Hate Crime - committee evidence session today and next week

[SusanSmithFWS]

Just to flag up that Lucy HB of Murray Blackburn MacKenzie and Claire Graham of dsdfamilies are up at 11.15 giving evidence on the controversial Hate Crime Bill today

Next week we will be up!
www.scottishparliament.tv/channel/virtual-meeting-3

@SusanSmithFWS I saw this earlier & thought of your session with the committee. https://twitter.com/scottishlabour/status/1332026522979495941?s=21

@SusanSmithFWS
It was a workshop so wasn't recorded.

Becky Kaufmann was forcefully insistent that we should report stickering as hate incidents, so it doesn't surprise me at all to hear that the other Scottish Trans leaders were pushing it too.

@Igneococcus

Pity I missed the comments, there is pretty much no support for this bill among the Scottish Times readers. I'm a biologist, I never thought believing a fundamental tenet of my discipline could potentially get me into jail.

Tut tut. Next thing, you'll be supporting that Galileo bloke, or that disgraceful Darwin. It's your type who encourage climate change believers, and flat earth deniers. (!)

Thank you Dances.

It was good that the convener read out the letter at the start of the session.

The marvellous MBM have also found that Yousaf might also have been economical with the truth. murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/2020/12/04/legislating-for-hatred-against-women-the-view-from-the-coalface/

The Committee's Stage 1 report has just been published:
www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/116698.aspx

Lots to read but they are not adding sex to the bill, and are going with the working group on a standalone offence.

What a surprise.