Author: Kath Murray • Page 2
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A regressive step for Scottish policing: Police Scotland Interim transgender search guidance
Image: Progress flag at Police Scotland headquarters (posted on X 6 June 2024) 1. Introduction On 25 June 2025 Police Scotland published Interim guidance on Searching of transgender persons...
21st July 2025
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Gender identity jargon vs inclusive communication: a case study
Image: Daily Mail 27 June 2025 Introduction Within the last decade, organisations have introduced jargon, derived from gender identity theory, that is hard to understand, inaccessible, or simply meaningless....
7th July 2025
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Police Scotland and the Sullivan Review: getting data collection back on track
Introduction The recent publication of the Sullivan Independent Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender, to which we provided support, has thrown a spotlight on data...
9th May 2025
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MBM statement on adding ‘sex’ to the Hate Crime and Public Order Act (Scotland) 2021
Introduction The Scottish Government has announced today that it will bring forward an Order to add “sex” as a protected characteristic to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland)...
2nd May 2025
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Giving women a voice: the Supreme Court and the STUC
Introduction The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) was founded in 1897. Its stated purpose is to co-ordinate, develop and articulate the views and policies of the Trade Union Movement...
1st May 2025
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Scottish Prison Service policy: a stain on Scotland’s reputation
Call for urgent Ministerial action We have written to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice. In the absence of immediate action by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), it now falls...
26th April 2025
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MBM response to Scottish Government statement on the UKSC ruling
The Cabinet Secretary stressed more than once that the Scottish Government had acted in good faith. A good faith approach would have seen Ministers set out plainly to the...
22nd April 2025
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Letter to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on its reaction to the UKSC ruling
We sent the following letter to Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee members on 21 April 2025. The letter raises serious concerns about the Committee’s handling of the...
22nd April 2025
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UK Supreme Court case: where could the decision leave the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill?
Introduction If the Supreme Court finds in favour For Women Scotland (FWS) on Wednesday, it will mean that a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) does not change a person’s sex...
14th April 2025
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Failing to protect women from hate crime
Introduction It has been reported that Scottish ministers are unlikely to bring forward new legislation on misogyny before the 2026 election. The alleged reason is fear that this will...
9th April 2025