Media and speeches

How institutional inertia allowed rapists to self-declare as women
Holyrood, 27 September 2024

Police Scotland’s ‘inability to see a problem’ with its gender policy is a hard concept to grasp
The Daily Mail, 12 September 2024

Scotland’s new Hate Crime Act is fraught with danger
The Spectator, 23 March 2024

How can Police Scotland be trusted on hate crime laws? (Letter to The Herald)
The Herald, 20 March

How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The Critic, 19 March 2024

The politicisation of Scottish policing and the risks of gender identity ideology
Policing Insight, 27 February 2024

The revised Scottish Prison Service transgender prisoner policy is not fit for purpose
The Critic, 11 January 2024

The prison service’s trans policy amounts to gaslighting
The Times, 5 December 2023

A perfect storm? Police cuts and hate crime
Holyrood, 27 October 2023

Schools, associations and Section 35 – what the Scottish government left out of its argument
Scottish Legal News, 18 September 2023

SNP gender moves show more concern with control than consequences
The Times, 19 April 2023

Nicola Sturgeon’s gender policy failure
The Spectator, 21 February 2023

Isla Bryson: Scotland’s transgender prisoner policy was assessed as not affecting women
The Conversation, 3 February 2023

Letter in The Times regarding comments by Stonewall on the approved countries list
The Times, 16 January 2023

MSPs have wasted chance to protect women under gender bill
The Times, 19 December 2022

COMMENT: Nicola Sturgeon must listen to UN on gender reform amid fears for women’s safety
The Courier, 28 November 2022

Scottish Government must come clean over the muddle of gender law reforms
The Scotsman, 7 September 2022

Allowing ‘self-id’ will make it harder to prevent men invading women-only spaces
Holyrood, 19 January 2022

Agenda: What happened to the commitment to build consensus on the Gender Recognition Act?
The Herald, 14 January 2022

MurrayBlackburnMackenzie: Legislating for hate crimes against women – regaining trust in the process
Scottish Legal News, 12 October 2021

Letter to the Editor on GRA reform
The Times, 27 September 2021

Whose views count? Losing sight of sex in the Police Scotland ‘Your Police’ survey
Policing Insight, 31 August 2021

All rapists are male, regardless of gender
The Times, 9 June 2021

Greens’ commitment to enshrining Yogyakarta Principles needs scrutiny
Scottish Legal News, 20 April 2021

Does it matter if someone was born male or female? When it comes to crime reporting, yes
The Courier, 15 April 2021

Census must echo guidance on sex
The Times, 22 March 2021

Chilling effect: how the hate crime bill threatens free speech
Holyrood, 10 March 2021

Who is a woman in the government’s view?
The Times, 14 January 2021

Securing legal clarity in the Forensic Medical Services Bill
Scottish Legal News, 9 December 2020

Hate Crime Bill would affect freedom of speech in transgender debate – comment
The Scotsman, 29 November 2020

The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: Views from Scottish policing
Policing Insight, 29 September 2020

Restrict new hate crime laws to situations where there is ‘intention’ to stir up hate
Press and Journal, 21 September 2020

Will Hate Crime Bill follow the path of its predecessor?
The Herald, 10 August 2020

The hate crime bill must be properly scrutinised
Holyrood, 20 May 2020

Shifting sands on the definitions of ‘woman’ in Scots law
Scottish Legal News, 21 April 2020

Trans rights and ‘collective wellbeing’
Scottish Review, 19 February 2020

Government should take closer look at gender law precedents
The Herald, 16 January 2020

Opinion: We need more clarity on gender rights debate from Scottish Government
The Scotsman, 1 January 2020

Policing the Gender Identity Debate
Policing Insight, 28 October 2019

Losing sight of women’s rights: policy capture and public policy
Associated news piece: Scottish trans policy ‘detrimental’ to women and girls
Holyrood Magazine, 29 July 2019

It’s vital that census data is accurate! 
The Mail on Sunday, 15 September 2019

Sex question should stick to birth certificate
Scotland on Sunday, 14 September 2019

There has been a lack of due diligence and scrutiny in policy-making in the field of gender identity.
The Herald, 31 July 2019

Biological sex is the legal cornerstone of women’s rights to fair treatment
Holyrood magazine, 11 March 2019

Why gender identity should be kept distinct
The Herald, 11 February 2019

Multi-signatory letter calling for an Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) on GRA reform
Associated news piece: Women ‘need more say’ on gender reform
The Times, 29 January 2019

Letter to the Editor on GRA reform
The Sunday Times, 9 December 2018

Swinney told to act after court rules sex means biology in law
The Herald, 24 April 2025

Get on with scrapping self-ID, equalities watchdog tells SNP
The Telegraph, 24 April 2025

SNP ministers told to ‘root out’ self-ID from public sector
The Telegraph, 22 April 2025

For Women Scotland snub key Scottish Parliament committee over Green MSP ‘bigotry’ comments
The Scotsman, 22 April 2025

Every civic body in Scotland was complicit in ‘The Great Silencing’
The Herald, 20 April 2025

SNP criticised for ‘snubbing feminists’ after Supreme Court ruling
The Times, 20 April 2025

Fury as Britain’s most dangerous criminals are recorded under FIFTY-ONE different genders on Home Office database as critics accuse police of making a ‘mockery of justice system’
The Daily Mail, 19 April 2025

No Scottish health board has single sex changing, toilets and showering policy for patients
The Daily Record, 16 April 2025

Now hundreds complain over NHS bid to ban public viewing of Sandie Peggie tribunal
The Daily Mail, 15 April 2025

EUAN McCOLM: Sturgeon’s real legacy… an army of women betrayed by political leaders who took matters into their own hands
The Daily Mail, 15 April 2025

NHS Fife seeking to block public from watching livestream of Sandie Peggie trans row employment tribunal
Sky News, 11 April 2025

NHS board bids to keep public from online viewing tribunal involving trans doctor
STV News, 10 April 2025

NHS Fife in legal bid to ban public watching trans doctor Beth Upton tribunal online
The Scotsman, 10 April 2025

NHS trans tribunal should ban public access, health board says
The Times, 10 April 2025

NHS Fife bid to bar public from trans doctor tribunal stream
The Herald, 10 April 2025

Secretive NHS Fife lodge legal order to block public viewing Sandie Peggie employment case
The Express, 10 April 2025

Health board seeks to restrict online viewing of tribunal involving trans doctor
The Independent, 10 April 2025

Cover up fury over trans row tribunal as health board bid to block public access to hearing
The Daily Mail, 10 April 2025

NHS trust tries to shut public out of trans tribunal in secrecy row
The Telegraph, 9 April 2025

Watchdog pressed to review transgender prisoner policy
The Herald, 4 April 2025

SNP Government admits it DID help write NHS trans guidance which lets biological men use women bathrooms
The Express, 2 April 2025

SNP admits it helped write controversial NHS trans guidance
The Telegraph, 1 April 2025

Police in Scotland seek advice on letting rapists identify as women
The Daily Mail, 28 March 2025

Trans policy will ‘raise awareness of menstruation in men’s toilets’, says NHS trust
The Telegraph, 26 March 2025

Bearded trans women can be treated on female wards, says Scottish NHS
The Telegraph, 25 March 2025

Why gender ideology could have ‘fatal consequences’ for trans people
The Scotsman, 22 March 2025

Review recommends collection of data on both sex and gender identity by public bodies
Scottish Legal News, 20 March 2025

Biological sex erased from official data on health, crime and education
The Times, 19 March 2025

Independent review finds ‘widespread loss of data on sex’
Research Professional News, 19 March 2025

NHS and police urged to collect accurate data on biological sex
The Times, 19 March 2025

‘Widespread loss’ of sex data in gender question confusion
Times Higher Education, 19 March 2025

Police Scotland urged to give gender ‘clarity’ on rapists
The Daily Mail, 19 March 2025

NHS trust let trans doctor use single-sex changing room without asking regulator
The Telegraph, 17 March 2025

Councillors consider cuts to service not supporting trans women
The Times, 17 March 2025

Prison staff’s concerns over trans officer searching female visitors
The Sunday Post, 16 March 2025

Swinney: ‘Self-ID policies are not state sponsored abuse’
The Herald, 6 March 2025

Scottish self-ID policies risk lawsuits, warn experts
The Herald, 3 March 2025

Scottish domestic abuse charity to exclude trans women
The Scotsman, 3 March 2025

Domestic abuse charity bans trans women
The Sunday Times, 2 March 2025

Swinney in row over Government’s trans inclusion policy
The Herald, 26 February 2025

NHS Fife may have broken law in trans changing room row
The Herald, 25 February 2025

SNP urged to clean up Sturgeon’s gender self-ID ‘mess’
The Telegraph, 24 February 2025

Keir Starmer dodges question on clarifying equality act
The Herald, 23 February 2025

Keir Starmer echos John Swinney as he fails to defend single-sex facilities amind Sandie Peggie case
The Express, 23 February 2025

Trans NHS staff must be allowed to use ‘preferred facilities’
The Times, 20 February 2025

Women won’t easily forget Scottish Labour’s gender turnaround
The Spectator, 19 February 2025

Ministers urged to seek legal advice on draft NHS transgender policy
Northern Scot, 19 February 2025

John Swinney won’t do anything to ensure health boards have single-sex facilities despite legal requirement
The Express, 19 February 2025

Scottish Labour admit they should not have backed SNP trans self-ID
The Telegraph, 18 February 2025

SNP blocks NHS Fife tribunal being discussed in Holyrood over ‘danger’ it could jeopardise case
The Courier, 18 February 2025

Police Scotland ‘narrowing cope of sex and gender policy review’
The Herald, 19 January 2025

Nurse beats attempt to gag tribunal reporting amid trans row
The Times, 7 January 2025

EHRC’s trans advice misleads public, think tank warns
The Telegraph, 4 January 2025

We women won’t forget Nicola Sturgeon’s gross insult
The Herald, 30 December 2024

‘Fighting the forces’: a final bit of cheek from Nicola Sturgeon
The Herald, 28 December 2024

JIM SPENCE: Nicola Sturgeon now cuts forlorn figure desperately craving attention
The Courier, 26 December 2024

JK Rowling slams Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘ego’ over Scotland’s gender self-ID row
The Express, 23 December 2024

Feminist groups call on Nicola Sturgeon to clarify comments
Holyrood, 23 December 2024

Grassroots feminist groups call on Sturgeon to clarify comments
The Herald, 23 December 2024

JK Rowling leads feminist backlash against Sturgeon for ‘rewriting history’ over gender self-ID row
The Telegraph, 23 December 2024

SNP advancing idea that a man can become pregnant embarrasses us all
The Herald, 1 December 2024

The Scottish government is ignoring women’s rights
New Statesman, 29 November 2024

Now the SNP says there are TWENTY FOUR genders: Scottish government accused of being ‘disconnected from the real world’ for allowing trans people to choose from two dozen official options
The Daily Mail, 21 October 2024

SNP say there are 24 genders in new madcap claim as JK Rowling makes star sign suggestion
The Express, 21 October 2024

SNP claims there are 24 genders
The Telegraph, 20 October 2024

Police Scotland issued warnings for sexual crimes and housebreaking
The Herald, 10 October 2024

Police Scotland allows cross-dressing employees access to female toilets in new trans row
The Express, 9 October 2024

Police Scotland allows cross-dressers into women’s spaces
The Telegraph, 8 October 2024

Recorded hate crimes in Scotland up 63% since law introduced in April
The Guardian, 3 October 2024

Police Scotland considered logging double rapist Isla Bryson as female on sex offenders’ register
Sky News, 3 October 2024

Time for self-reflection: How public bodies got into a mess over sex and gender
Holyrood, 28 September 2024

Police have no legal framework for gender identity – chief constable
BBC, 26 September 2024

Men who commit rape to be recorded by Police Scotland as male
The Times, 26 September 2024

Police Scotland to review trans recording policies after outcry
The Herald, 26 September 2024

Police Scotland commit to working with women’s groups on transgender policies
The Independent, 26 September 2024

Police Scotland commit to working with women’s groups on transgender policies
Guernsey Press, 26 September 2024

Why the force’s appeasement of trans activists was an insult to victims of rape
The Daily Mail, 25 September 2024

Finally! Police Scotland makes humiliating policy U-turn on trans rapists
The Daily Mail, 25 September 2024

Police Scotland’s trans U-turn should not be trusted
Unherd, 25 September 2024

ID U-TURN: Male rapists will NOT be able to self-ID as women in major Police Scotland U-turn
The Sun, 25 September 2024

Police Scotland accused of ‘gaslighting’ after insisting it would never have recorded a rapist as a woman
The Daily Express, 25 September 2024

Male rapists cannot formally be recorded as female, Scottish police say in ‘major U-turn’
The Daily Telegraph, 25 September 2024

Police Scotland drop controversial policy to let rapists self ID sex
The Herald, 25 September 2024

Police Scotland: ‘A man who commits rape or serious sexual assaults will be recorded as a male’
Holyrood, 26 September 2024

Rapists will be banned from self-identifying as women, says Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell
Sky News, 25 September 2024

Police under pressure from watchdog board member over self-ID
The Times, 18 September 2024

John Swinney claims he’s ‘powerless’ to act as police allow rapists identify as women
The Daily Mail, 12 September 2024

Swinney: I have no power to intervene in Police Scotland policies on self-ID
Holyrood, 12 September 2024

Swinney deflects criticism over Police Scotland’s self-ID policy
The Herald, 12 September 2024

SNP are a danger to Scotland’s most vulnerable people
The Herald, 10 September 2024

GRAHAM GRANT: Public confidence in the police is dwindling. It’s time to end wokery and let officers get back to the job they’re paid for
The Daily Mail, 9 September 2024

Why is Police Scotland so worried about rapists’ pronouns?
Unherd, 9 September 2024

Gender row: Police Scotland ‘allowing rapists to self-identify as women’ as campaigners slam ‘deeply offensive’ policy
The Sun, 9 September 2024

Police Scotland criticised over rape gender identity remarks
The Times, 9 September 2024

Police Scotland criticised for allowing rapists to self-declare gender identity
The Scotsman, 8 September 2024

Police Scotland criticised for allowing rapists to self-declare gender identity
Ireland Live, 8 September 2024

Police policy allowing rapists to ‘self-declare’ their gender identity is branded ‘deeply offensive’
The Daily Mail, 8 September 2024

Police Scotland confirms it allows rapists to self-identify as women
The Daily Telegraph, 8 September 2024

Police Scotland criticised for allowing rapists to self-declare gender identity
Eastern Daily Press, 8 September 2024

Police Scotland criticised for allowing rapists to self-declare gender identity
The Standard, 8 September 2024

Police Scotland criticised for allowing rapists to self-declare gender identity
STV, 8 September 2024

Police Scotland face backlash over gender ID policy
The Herald, 8 September 2024

Athena Swan ‘fosters complacency’ as universities stay on bronze
Times Higher Education, 28 August 2024

Calls for Police Scotland to review Non Hate Crime Incidents
The Herald, 30 July 2024

Police Scotland may be sued by women officers over controversial gender policy
The Daily Mail, 19 July 2024

Scottish LGBT activists consulted by police about hate crime laws but women’s groups ignored
The Daily Telegraph, 14 May 2024

What would you do if you were First Minister for a day?
The Herald, 5 May 2024

Feminists rage at Sturgeon’s warnings on women’s rights
The Times, 4 May 2024

JK Rowling’s defence of women’s rights is what real public service looks like
Holyrood, 8 April 2024

Only one in five voters want to retain hate crime act
The Times, 6 April 2024

Victims minister Siobhian Brown repeatedly gets new hate crime law wrong
Scottish Legal News, 3 April 2024

Third of Police Scotland officers have not yet had Hate Crime training
The Herald, 1 April 2024

‘You can’t police the world’: barrister takes on ‘insane’ hate crime law
The Times, 30 March 2024

How Scotland became an Orwellian nightmare
The Daily Telegraph, 30 March 2024

Hate Crime law is designed to silence us, say gender critical women
The Herald, 30 March 2024

‘Orwellian’ Police Scotland blacklist of ‘hate incidents’ threatens people’s job prospects as the information can be handed to potential employers
The Daily Mail, 27 March 2024

A new hate-crime law in Scotland causes widespread concern
The Economist, 27 March 2024

Fear and Loathing: Why the new Hate Crime Act could help feed the monster
Holyrood, 23 March 2024

War on words: is Scotland ready for its new hate crime law? (Podcast with Dr Lucy Hunter Blackburn)
The Spectator, 21 March 2024

Discussion about hate crime legislation (Dr Lucy Hunter Blackburn)
BBC Newsnight, 20 March 2024

Police accused of parodying JK Rowling with ‘Jo’, who thinks trans people should go to gas chambers
The Daily Telegraph, 20 March 2024

Hate crimes: Police will not ‘target performers’
BBC, 19 March 2024

Justin Webb and the trans row causing a ‘meltdown’ at the BBC
The Daily Telegraph, 19 March 2024

Warning that new hate crime law may lead to police being swamped
The Times, 18 March 2024

Joanna Cherry calls on Scottish Government to delay hate crime law
The Herald, 16 March 2024

Police Scotland will log ‘hate incidents’ even if no crime is committed
The Times, 12 March 2024

Does Scottish Government’s campaign explain what a hate crime is?
The Herald, 11 March 2024

Hate Crime Act Scotland: Concerns raised as controversial new laws due to come into force
The Scotsman, 11 March 2024

SNP’s hate crime law is introduced despite fears over free speech
The Daily Mail, 11 March 2024

Humza Yousaf ‘reneged’ on Hate Crime Act promise as fears grow that feminists like JK Rowling could face arrest
The Daily Express, 11 March 2024

Trans activists urge Scottish police to arrest JK Rowling over ‘misgendering hate crime’
The Daily Telegraph, 10 March 2024

SNP in ‘extraordinary’ secrecy row as it fully redacts all correspondence about controversial trans prisoner policy
The Daily Express, 6 March 2024

Information Commissioner urged to act over SPS trans policy cover-up
The Herald, 21 February 2024

Secret report reveals female inmates living in fear of abuse by trans prisoners
The Sunday Post, 18 February 2024

Trans patients ‘risk health’ if sex is changed on records
The Times, 7 February 2024

Women’s rights campaigners say new Scottish trans prison rules are even worse than before – after they say dangerous prisoners could get ‘day trips’ to female jails to ‘support their gender identity’
The Daily Mail, 9 January 2024

New Scottish trans prison rules ‘even worse than before’
The Daily Telegraph, 8 January 2024

Alister Jack’s gender reform block was no attack on devolution
The National, 15 December 2023

Female prison officers no longer need to strip search trans-women
The Herald, 12 December 2023

The SNP are like adolescents crashing the grown-ups’ party
The Herald, 11 December 2023

It’s clear Kate Forbes should start assembling her team about now
The Herald, 10 December 2023

The Section 35 appeal was rejected. Now it’s time to clarify the Equality Act
Holyrood, 8 December 2023

Recording rapists as female will lead to bad policy-making, MSPs hear
Holyrood, 6 December 2023

Scottish Government urged to always record rapists as men
The Scotsman, 6 December 2023

Campaigners slam ‘drawn out’ policy on recording sex of accused rapists in Scotland
The Daily Record, 6 December 2023

MSPs come under pressure to force police to accurately record the sex of rapists as male
The Express, 6 December 2023

Police Scotland in new trans row over recording sex of rapists
The Herald, 5 December 2023

Trans inmates with history of violence against women to be mostly kept out of female Scottish jails
The Guardian, 5 December 2023

Gender Recognition Reform row: the feminists battling for women rights
The Herald, 4 December 2023

Gender recognition reform: How MBM fought Scottish Government’s plan
The Herald, 4 December 2023

Controversial hate crime bill faces further delays as Police Scotland set to roll out online training for complex legislation
The Sunday Post, 3 December 2023

Call for Police Scotland to face ‘political activism’ review
The Herald, 22 October 2023

Chief Prison Inspector ‘disappoints’ after denying there has ever ‘been an issue with trans people in Scottish prisons’
The Express, 5 October 2023

Scottish Government questioned over ‘transparency’ as second gender court case looms
The Daily Express, 3 October 2023

Is Humza Yousaf now more interested in fixing the NHS than being a social justice warrior? – Susan Dalgety
The Scotsman, 16 September 2023

Justice Secretary under fire over ‘nothing hidden’ claim
The Herald, 13 September 2023

SNP dragged their feet on gender reform for months
The Telegraph, 12 September 2023

Is this ‘secret justice’? Fears Police Scotland has been hiding crime by handing out warning letters over sex offences
The Daily Mail, 11 September 2023

More than a third of Brits do not know transgender women are biologically male, poll finds
The Daily Mail, 7 August 2023

A third of Britons don’t know that transgender women were born male
The Telegraph, 6 August 2023

Police accused of breaching policy after woman’s assailant cautioned
The Herald, 5 August 2023

Lord Advocate under pressure over ‘confidential’ guidelines
The Herald, 2 August 2023

Row as Police Scotland let man who assaulted woman off with ‘warning’
The National, 28 July 2023

Taxpayers foot £400k bill for women to talk about ‘life as a woman’
The Daily Mail, 29 May 2023

After trans butcher Andrew Miller’s abduction of young girl, Deputy First Minister Shona Robison must reconsider impact of gender self-ID on safeguarding children – Susan Dalgety
The Scotsman, 20 May 2023

Now take safety and women and children seriously
The Daily Mail, 19 May 2023

Anger at transgender handbook for children in care
The Times, 11 May 2023

Police Scotland to be quizzed over trans rapists who identify as women
The Times, 22 March 2023

Scotland must drop policies of ‘trans cult’, says Kenny MacAskill
The Times, 20 February 2023

‘Human beings can’t change sex. We’re not clownfish, it’s fixed at birth’
The Times, 11 February 2023

Scotland’s Gender Meltdown
Quillette, 6 February 2023

Nicola Sturgeon’s handling of trans rapist controversy has been’ chaotic and cynical’ – Euan McColm
Scotland on Sunday, 5 February 2023

The fish rots from the head in Sturgeon’s Scotland
The Spectator, 31 January 2023

Nicola Sturgeon and the vindication of the Terfs
The Spectator, 30 January 2023

Halt on transfer of violent trans prisoners to female prisons
Scottish Legal News, 29 January 2023

Former FM urges review of how trans prisoners are jailed following Isla Bryson case
The Sunday Post, 29 January 2023

Transgender rapist Isla Bryson’s removal from Cornton Vale women’s prison must mean the end of Nicola Sturgeon’s policy of self-ID – Susan Dalgety
The Scotsman, 28 January 2023

How lobbying by trans activists helped a rapist end up in a female prison
The Telegraph, 26 January 2023

Why Scotland’s gender reform bill is sparking concern over trans prisoner policies
The Guardian, 26 January 2023

Gender wars: the Union’s new battle line
The Spectator, 21 January 2023

Stoking a culture war? No, Nicola Sturgeon, this is about balancing conflicting rights
The Observer, 21 January 2023

Joanna Cherry: Gender bill might have faced legal challenge post-indy
The National, 20 January 2023

SNP handed millions to lobbyists who criticised UK Government over gender reform veto
The Express, 19 January 2023

Lawyers left ‘baffled’ by SNP inaction on Equality Act conflict as they say ‘we warned you’ countless times
The Express, 18 January 2023

Scotland’s new gender-reform law presents Rishi Sunak with a dilemma
The Economist, 5 January 2023

Sex not limited to biological sex, Scottish court rules
Unherd, 13 December 2022

Human sex is ‘not limited to biology’, Scottish judge rules
The Telegraph, 13 December 2022

Controversial NHS policy claims patients concerned over trans women in female-only wards are ‘like racists’
The Sun, 10 December 2022

Edinburgh University staff union criticised for blocking ‘transphobic’ feminist film
The Times, 9 December 2022

Scottish Government could face a legal battle with Westminster if gender reforms are passed
The Express, 9 December 2022

Scottish Labour MSP slammed for supporting union’s attempt to ‘silence women’
The Express, 9 December 2022

Scottish Human Rights Commission reject UN gender recognition warning
The Herald, 6 December 2022

UN special rapporteur’s intervention over Scottish government’s gender bill proposals welcomed
Scottish Legal News, 5 December 2022

Concern at lack of guidance on accommodating transgender hospital patients
The Sunday Times, 3 December 2022

Event attended by Nicola Sturgeon in free speech row as women alleged to have been turned away
The Express, 1 December 2022

Prison service criticised for moving trans woman to Cornton Vale
STV, 1 December 2022

Transgender debate in Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon’s stance on self-ID puts in doubt her commitment to Zero Tolerance of violence against women – Susan Dalgety
The Scotsman, 26 November 2022

Scottish Parliament slated by civil servant who helped to set it up as ‘tarnishing democracy’
The Express, 23 November 2022

Gender MSPs under pressure to define self-ID ‘fraud’ for trans criminals but ‘cannot answer’
The Express, 22 November 2022

JK Rowling pays tribute to politicians who wore suffragette colours at Holyrood and Westminster
The Express, 18 November 2022

Holyrood facing lawsuit after campaigners were told to remove scarves at trans rights debate
The Times, 15 November 2022

Woman chucked out of gender reform discussion for wearing coloured scarf
The Express, 15 November 2022

Sandyford Clinic facing mounting legal action from former patients rushed into sex-change treatments
The Express, 9 November 2022

Bad laws written in flimsy terms undermine the founding purpose of Holyrood – Susan Dalgety
The Scotsman, 5 November 2022

Scottish Labour and Conservatives urged to reveal how they will amend controversial gender reforms
The Express, 2 November 2022

Nicola Sturgeon has rebellion from nine SNP MSPs in controversial gender reforms vote
The Express, 27 October 2022

The silence of women
The Critic, 19 October 2022

JK Rowling: Sturgeon is deaf to women’s concerns over gender ID
The Sunday Times, 15 October 2022

JK Rowling takes aim at Nicola Sturgeon as feminists gather outside Holyrood
The Express, 6 October 2022

Equalities committee backs gender recognition law reform by five to two
Holyrood, 6 October 2022

Equalities watchdog calls on Scottish and UK governments to ‘minimise risk’ on transgender rule reforms
Holyrood, 5 October 2022

SNP told by UK equalities watchdog that sex-based rights WILL be impacted by gender reforms
The Scottish Express, 5 October 2022

Gender reform is a dog’s breakfast
The Sunday Times, 4 September 2022

NHS apologises for claiming eunuch is a gender identity
LBC, 17 June 2022

Beware of ‘insider Scotland’ and Sturgeon’s New Model Army
The Scotsman, 11 June 2022

MSPs hearing evidence on GRA reform may be guilty of confirmation bias
The National, 3 June 2022

Scotland’s gender recognition reform is a ‘recipe for bad law’, say campaigners
The Guardian, 1 June 2022

Gender critics face anti-English abuse after speaking out against SNP reforms
The Express, 1 June 2022

Create prisons exemption in Gender Recognition Act says women’s right campaigner
Holyrood, 31 May 2022

Gender recognition reform should allow for de-transition, MSPs told
Ireland Live, 31 May 2022

Scottish gender reforms amount to ‘state-endorsed’ reconstruction of society, warn campaigners
The Telegraph, 31 May 2022

Feminist campaigners say trans and women’s rights ‘inter-connected’
The Herald, 31 May 2022

Gender Recognition Reform Bill ‘risks becoming bad law’
Scottish Legal News, 30 May 2022

Women’s groups raise concerns about GRA reform ahead of Holyrood committee appearance
Holyrood, 30 May 2022

Too young for tattoo is too young to change gender, says church
The Sunday Times, 22 May 2022

Policy experts slate SNP’s Gender Recognition Act for being ‘biased’ and ‘full of holes’
The Express, 16 May 2022

Scottish Government has not addressed concerns about women’s rights in GRA reform, policy analysts say
Holyrood, 16 May 2022

Nicola Sturgeon refuses to define what a ‘woman’ is
The Herald, 2 May 2022

Prison chiefs to provide regular updates on transgender inmate numbers for first time in Scotland
The Scotsman, 25 April 2022

Trans equality or a threat to women’s rights? The two sides put their case
The Herald, 16 April 2022

Women won’t be silent as our rights are stolen
The Times, 15 April 2022

Trans victims of crime will still self-ID in Scotland following Home Office rule change
The Ferret, 14 April 2022

Nicola Sturgeon urged to launch formal probe into Lorna Slater comments
The Herald, 12 April 2022

Slater criticised for likening trans law opponents to antisemites and racists
The Times, 12 April 2022

Nicola Sturgeon’s controversial gender self ID law blasted as example of ‘bad lawmaking’
The Express, 19 March 2022

MSPs join ‘pressure group’ keen to pass self-declaring sex into law
The Telegraph, 15 March 2022

Nicola Sturgeon’s Potemkin parliament
The Spectator, 10 March 2022

SNP likens concern over trans reforms to racist segregationists
The Telegraph, 7 March 2022

Outrage over gender switch at 16…with no need for diagnosis; SNP Bill to reform trans recognition divides public and politicians
The Daily Mail, 4 March 2022

Gender Recognition: All you need to know about new trans reforms in Scotland
Press and Journal, 3 March 2022

The week Nicola Sturgeon abandoned women
The Telegraph, 2 March 2022

Scotland’s gender recognition reform bill to be published amid growing tensions
The Guardian, 2 March 2022

Trans gender debate in Scotland: Shona Robison should realise the need to consider the wider impact of self-ID – Susan Dalgety
The Scotsman, 26 February 2022

Campaigners say SNP ministers are denying the GRA bill proper parliamentary scrutiny
The Scottish Daily Express, 14 February 2022

Nicola Sturgeon’s close ally urged LGBT groups to lobby politicians over gender reforms
The Telegraph, 12 February 2022

Scottish universities accused of falling short on ‘female-only’ staff networks following Kathleen Stock resignation
The Glasgow Guardian, 31 January 2022

The Observer view on the EHRC decision on Scotland’s gender recognition reforms
The Observer, 30 January 2022

LBC Lisa Aziz show
LBC, 28 January 2022

Watchdog’s census move heaps pressure on Nicola Sturgeon
The Times, 28 January 2022

My transgender reforms do not threaten women’s rights, says Nicola Sturgeon
The Telegraph, 27 January 2022

Sturgeon wades in on Scottish transgender row
LBC, 27 January 2022

Nicola Sturgeon questions equality watchdog intervention in trans law reform debate
Holyrood, 27 January 2022

Nicola Sturgeon condemned by 15 women’s groups for failing them on gender reforms
The Scottish Express, 27 January 2022

Sturgeon wades in on Scottish transgender row
LBC, 27 January 2022

Equality watchdog warns Scottish Government over self-ID plans
Holyrood, 26 January 2022

Trans rights campaigners blast UK human rights watchdog’s call for ‘pause’ to overhaul of gender self-ID in Scotland
The Sun, 26 January 2022

Scottish Government accused of ‘closed door’ approach to changing the gender reform act
The Scottish Express, 11 January 2022

Self ID plan ‘will hit rape convictions’
The Sunday Times, 9 January 2022

Feminist groups feel ignored by SNP gender consultation
The Times, 5 January 2022

BBC Woman’s Hour
BBC, 5 January 2022

Male bias at universities ‘due to lack of women-only groups’
The Times, 5 January 2022

SNP accused of ignoring feminist and religious groups in gender reform talks
The Telegraph, 4 January 2022

Anger as trans inmates revert to males when they leave Scottish prisons
The Express, 3 January 2022

From Scottish independence and Brexit to transgender rights, blind faith in dogma is replacing reasoned discussion – Susan Dalgety
The Scotsman, 1 January 2022

Plan to allow rapists to self-identify as women prompts victims’ fury
The Sunday Times, 26 December 2021

Self-ID is a fantasy that hurts trans people
The Times, 18 December 2021

Majority reject SNP gender self-identification plan
The Daily Mail, 17 December 2021

Large majority of Scots think people should be ‘free to express their trans identity’
Pink News, 17 December 2021

Nicola Sturgeon is dividing Scotland over trans rights, not uniting it
New Statesman, 16 December 2021

Why trans activists can’t beat JK Rowling
Unherd, 14 December 2021

Majority of Scots against gender ‘self-ID’ plans
Holyrood, 14 December 2021

Most Scots are opposed to gender self-ID, poll suggests
The Times, 14 December 2021

‘Absurdity’ of police recording rapists as women
The Sunday Times, 12 December 2021

Cops to record rapes as committed by woman if male attacker identifies as female
The Sun, 11 December 2021

Legal threat to trans-inclusive census
The Sunday Times, 7 November 2021

Trans row ministers to explain why equality law was ignored in changing ‘woman’ definition
The Herald, 6 November 2021

Equality and Human Rights Commission had ‘heavy-handed’ influence on gender questions
The Times, 4 November 2021

‘Inclusive’ smear test campaign that avoids the word ‘women’ and tells ‘anyone with a cervix’ to get screened risks being less effective, health chiefs are warned
The Daily Mail, 13 October 2021

SNP launches smear test drive without mentioning ‘women’
The Telegraph, 11 October 2021

‘Anyone with a cervix’ in cancer screening campaign ‘puts women at risk’
The Times, 11 October 2021

SNP ministers criticised for urging ‘anyone with a cervix’ to get a smear test
The Herald, 11 October 2021

UK will divide over census sex question
The Times, 5 October 2021

Mornings with Kaye Adams
BBC Radio Scotland, 20 September 2021
[Transcript of discussion here]

Sturgeon on the hook
The Critic, 20 September 2021

Watchdog queries trans self-identity census plan
The Times, 17 September 2021

Gender reforms not a real threat to women, says Nicola Sturgeon
The Times, 10 September 2021

GRA reform: Free vote not ruled out, but concerns ‘not valid’, says Nicola Sturgeon
The Scotsman, 10 September 2021

Nicola Sturgeon dismisses concerns over gender reforms as ‘not valid’
The Herald, 10 September 2021

Nicola Sturgeon is refusing to back down on trans rights – but resistance is growing
New Statesman, 9 September 2021

Nicola Sturgeon tries to calm fears over gender recognition reforms
The Herald, 6 September 2021

Ban urged on rape suspects ‘claiming they are women’
The Times, 6 September 2021

SNP-Green coalition moves to simplify trans self-identification
The Times, 3 September 2021

Gender question on Scottish census ‘harms’ data
The Times, 1 September 2021

People can self-identify as male or female in Scottish census, says guidance
The Guardian, 31 August 2021

Transgender Scots can self-identify on 2022 census
The Daily Telegraph, 31 August 2021

Scotland’s census 2022 to allow people to self-identify as men or women regardless of legally-recognised gender
The Sun, 31 August 2021

Nicola Sturgeon facing backlash over proposed gender legislation
The Daily Telegraph, 23 August 2021

Policy Matters (Politically Speaking podcast)
Holyrood, 1 July 2021

La penalización de los sentimientos dentro del Código Penal
El Caribe, 30 June 2021
[English translation of Q&A provided to Raquel Rosario Sanchez]

Trans rights: How gender recognition reform became one of Scotland’s most heated debates
Press and Journal, 23 June 2021

Keir Starmer must show courage and protect women and their hard-fought rights – Susan Dalgety
The Scotsman, 12 June 2021

Woman wins appeal over transgender tweet
Scottish Legal News, 10 June 2021

Campaign to ensure all rape suspects are recorded as men
The Times, 9 June 2021

Petition launched for sex of those charged with rape to be recorded ‘accurately’
The Scotsman, 8 June 2021

How the debate over trans rights is splitting the SNP
New Statesman, 14 May 2021

Nicola Sturgeon fails to understand equality laws, research finds
The Times, 6 May 2021

Unlike Nicola Sturgeon, women like me did not choose their pronouns and we are not akin to racists for saying so – Susan Dalgety
The Scotsman, 23 April 2021

Fears raised over Green manifesto call to remove sex and gender from birth certificates
Holyrood, 17 April 2021

Rape suspects can choose to self-identify as female
The Times, 17 April 2021

Scotland census to be challenged again after sex question ruling
The Times, 22 March 2021

Backlash as SNP’s ‘chilling’ hate crime bill passed
The Express, 12 March 2021

Controversial hate crime bill passed at Holyrood
Scottish Legal News, 12 March 2021

Why the census sex question needs to be protected
The Spectator, 10 March 2021

Hardeep Singh: MSPs must put free speech before party politics
Press and Journal, 9 March 2021

Women’s manifesto aims to put pressure on Scottish parties to reaffirm sex-based rights
Scotland on Sunday, 7 March 2021

Saying that sex is binary risks criminal charge, group claims
The Times, 4 March 2021

Humza Yousaf accused of ignoring concerns over protections for free speech in the Hate Crime Bill
The Scotsman, 2 March 2021

How Scotland’s Hate Crime Bill ignited a freedom of speech row
Prospect, 26 February 2021

Hate Crime Bill: Humza Yousaf proposes detailed guidelines to quell fears over freedom of speech
The Scotsman, 22 February 2021

Questions on biological sex ‘are wiped from official data’
The Times, 13 January 2021

Prison service’s review of trans policies to launch next month
The Scotsman, 27 December 2020

Sweeping changes to controversial Hate Crime Bill to protect freedom of expression
The Scotsman, 14 December 2020

EHRC sex data advice ‘misrepresents the law’
Scottish Legal News, 8 December 2020

Ex-women’s prison chief quits SNP over Hate Crime Bill and gender reform plans
The National, 25 November 2020 

Backlash to Sainsbury’s ad shows race not ‘talked about enough’
Press and Journal, 17 November 2020

Hate crime bill will not stifle speech, insists trans activist
The Times, 17 November 2020

JK Rowling and the Real World
The Tortoise, 4 November 2020

Scottish Government reveals 17,000 responses for consultation on gender reform
The Scotsman, 4 November 2020

New report claims Census policy was ‘captured’ by trans rights groups
The Scotsman, 20 October 2020

UK gender recognition process changes being considered by Scottish Government
The Scotsman, 24 September 2020

Scotland’s Hate Crime Bill would have a chilling effect on free speech
The Spectator, 22 August 2020

Trans rights activists are letting down people they represent – Euan McColm
Scotland on Sunday, 16 August 2020

EUP ‘tried to censor’ journal article over transphobia concerns
The Bookseller, 3 August 2020

Academics tell of bid by Edinburgh University Press to censor article on transwomen
The Sunday Times, 2 August 2020

Scottish Government’s illiberal hate crime bill must be sent to the knackers yard
The Herald, 2 August 2020

Why feminists like me stand with JK Rowling in trans rights row – Susan Dalgety
The Scotsman, 11 July 2020

JK Rowling row hints at generational rift on transgender rights
The Guardian, 12 June 2020

MSPs reject Scottish Government curbs on freedom of information rights
The Ferret, 19 May 2020

New trans rights row over ‘under the radar’ laws claim
The National, 8 May 2020

Controversial list of sexualities could be dropped from Scottish Census
The Scotsman, 3 February 2020

ID ROW SNP ministers enrage breast cancer patients after using expert who made ‘offensive’ remarks about mastectomies
The Sun, 8 January 2020

Policy experts call gender reform a radical and risky change in the law
The Scotsman, 5 January 2020

Scottish census body backs self ID guidance for sex question
The Guardian, 27 December 2019

New gender ID now as academics issue warning over census
The Daily Mail, 27 December 2019

Sex question: Scots census bosses accused of ‘mixing up sex and gender’
The Sun, 26 December 2019

Academics criticise Scotland’s 2021 census for allowing sex to be self-identified
The Scotsman, 26 December 2019

Academics criticise 2021 census guidance allowing sex to be self-identified
The Herald, 26 December 2019

Trans reforms will not diminish cis women’s rights, says Holyrood
The Guardian, 17 December 2019

Only third of Scots back gender change at 16
The Sunday Times, 1 December 2019

Scotland’s 2021 Census to have 21 sexual orientation choices for adults
Edinburgh Evening News, 31 October 2019

Scotland’s 2021 Census to have 21 sexual orientation choices for adults
The Scotsman, 30 October 2019

Taken leave of their census
The Sun, 29 October 2019

Scottish Government pledge not to conflate sex and gender when publishing stats
The Scotsman, 30 September 2019

Data experts ‘left out’ of discussions on GRA census questions
The National, 25 September 2019

Campaigners prepare for three-day protest over ‘major threat’ to trans rights
The Scotsman, 3 September 2019

Scots head teachers warned over PE ban on transgender pupils
The Sunday Times, 1 September 2019

Our wimpish leaders are bullied by activists
The Times, 31 August 2019

Academics call on Scottish government to uphold Equality Act amid claim of ideologically-driven lobbying from trans rights advocates
Scottish Legal News, 31 July 2019

Report says trans lobbying groups ‘captured’ public policy, putting women and girls at risk
The Herald, 29 July 2019

Holyrood’s trans rights pause is a good thing
The Spectator, 22 June 2019

Law on gender recognition is delayed amid concern for girls
The Times, 21 June 2019

Gender self-ID law ‘could run out of time’
The Herald, 20 June 2019

Scotland to run new consultations before updating gender law
The Guardian, 20 June 2019

Gender law delayed for more consultation on impact on women
The Scotsman, 20 June 2019

Asking what the future holds for women
The Morning Star, 13 June 2019

Women in Scotland join forces to defend ‘threatened’ rights
The Scotsman, 9 June 2019

Poll: Women in Scotland want to retain single sex facilities
The Scotsman, 4 June 2019

Police Scotland criticised over allowing suspects to self identify gender
The Scotsman, 3 June 2019

Joan McAlpine defies bullies in sex and gender dispute
Scotland on Sunday, 7 April 2019

Transgender suspects able to ‘skew’ crime statistics
The Scotsman, 16 March 2019

Humza Yousaf: Criminal suspects able to ‘self-identify’ gender
The Scotsman, 14 March 2019

Letting criminals self-identify gender ‘putting women at risk’
The Times, 14 March 2019

‘Non-binary’ sex option will not appear on next census
The Times, 7 February 2019

Legal bid to allow Scots to choose sex in census will be rejected
The Herald, 7 February 2019

New Scottish bill conflates sex and gender – report
The Guardian, 7 February 2019

Council confusion over sex and gender ‘could put women at risk’
The Times, 11 January 2019

Scotland census: sex question changes ‘may risk reliability of data’
The Guardian, 9 January 2019

Trans lobby has sent me death threats, says Professor Rosa Freedman
The Times, 6 December 2018

Scottish Government is “changing what it means to be female” with census bill, academics warn
The Herald, 5 December 2018