Lucy Hunter Blackburn: speech to the No Males in Female Jails demonstration, 9 February 2023

"One of the first times I spoke in public on women's rights was in June 2019, on this subject - what was happening in prisons in Scotland. I said then "I’ll start by making a general point, which is that…

Lucy Hunter Blackburn: Speech to Forth Valley Feminists’ Women’s Festival, 4 February 2023

Women and the Scottish Parliament: what the Gender Recognition Reform Bill taught us So first of all thank you for inviting me to speak on behalf of the three of us who make up MurrayBlackburnMackenzie. Before I do anything else,…

Lisa Mackenzie: Speech at rally for women’s rights, Scottish Parliament. 6 October 2022

For over half a decade the Scottish Government has worked on its proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act. That represents a third of the time the current Government has been in office. So what has changed? In terms of…