Sunday Times coverage of Scotland reforms

[mcduffy]

Gender recognition reform: SNP rebels force Sturgeon to back off

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/70844000-5d2e-11ed-9a48-54549b73e939?shareToken=deb9884f710ed90c5dfb026db17b4400

John Boothman: Colleagues round on each other as trans row deepens

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/207b2726-5d52-11ed-9a48-54549b73e939?shareToken=c0e2449805bca44458eb9bc422b86f39

Further articles from past two days are in linked articles

Thank you so much for the share tokens, @mcduffy.

I'll have a read of the articles this morning.

Very interesting. Sturgeon doesn’t listened to others so this backlash seems to have come as quite a surprise to her.

Dictatorships are unsustainable!

Thanks OP. Glad it’s not all plain sailing for the SNP. Also I didn’t know this was happening this week…

This week, in a judicial review raised by For Women Scotland, whether obtaining a gender recognition certificate means that one’s protected characteristic of “sex” is also changed will be tested.

The Times have been v good on covering GRA and other women's rights topics, its the main reason that I subscribe to them

"Some Greens want to extend the right to change gender to children as young as 12."

twelve?

Bonkers

zanahoria

Bonkers, but also what the Children’s Commissioner, Bruce Adamson, was advocating back in 2018- without the need for parental permission. He appears to have pulled back on it now, but if the Greens get all vocal about it, what will his position be?

twitter.com/rogdmum/status/1585557915049533441?s=61&t=KqsLmROIYJpukT6fVvXPWA

Indeed - thanks for your other thread about that, Signalbox: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4671123-for-women-scotland-judicial-review-2

I’m a Times subscriber. The overwhelming majority of comments under trans articles are gender critical, and the odd troll gets their um… “posterior manually returned to them” as the Times might phrase it.

More articles in the Times today, putting them here to have them all together.

"Schools ‘safer than home’ for pupils to explore gender, says Glasgow trans councillor" (Yeah, right 🙁):

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5d45e26e-5e23-11ed-b0e9-3475a05dd1c6?shareToken=56898e52358bb2e2017e9238948fabfa

And comment by Kezia Dugdale:
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/1401c374-5dfc-11ed-b0e9-3475a05dd1c6?shareToken=a49bca715be0bcf6e7f8515d0e2fcd61

Thanks @Igneococcus
Whilst that dugdale article is very disingenuous about the process and results of the public consultation I must applaud her for being completely open about the fact that this entire shit storm is due to Stonewall/Stonewall Scotland and their cosy relationship with the party leaders in Scotland

Disappointed that the Times used female pronouns for the sex offender in the first article

Thank you for the links.