If you allow men who say they are women into women's bathrooms, you also have to let them into women's refuges, rape crisis centres, prisons and sports, into every space that was intended to be single-sex.
That's what this man, the SNP, the Scottish Greens and the LibDems want.
"John Swinney could have leaned into this and come out with more credibility, had he acted decisively."
@geoffaberdein breaks down how the SNP leader missed a chance to distance himself from the past and protect his leadership after the embezzlement scandal.
"He's not convincing in some of his answers."
@akmaciver | @CalumAM
Alex Staniforth, the man who tried to defund Edinburgh Women's Aid, is now arguing that children should not be prevented from using smart phones in school because "LGBTQ+" children need to access things without parental oversight.
https://t.co/tg5jlhfxxU
Last summer I raised the proposition of two changes to FOI law.
One was the extension of FOI law to political parties in relation to the murky world of candidate selection, policy influence and to funding- all of which there are clear public interest cases for. (1/x)
The judge "found that “sanitary accommodation” meant more than simply a lockable lavatory cubicle, and included the wider space, including nearby wash basins."
This is key. Girls should not be expected to use toilets with boys hanging around outside.
https://t.co/ElLIuedlvs
Separate toilets for menstruating girls at this West Lothian school are shockingly inappropriate.
This really is something only women and girls will be able to understand.
No matter the operations, puberty blockers, pronouns, or badges, this is an issue that only affects girls.
@jan_murray@labourlewis Only biological women can and do give birth to babies. There is no such thing as 'birthing people', only women. Most women, and those of us whose work is very centred around birth trauma/medical maternity scandals find this erasure of women extremely offensive.
The Scottish Court of Session has just ruled that providing multi-user unisex toilets in a primary school amounted to indirect sex discrimination against female pupils.
https://t.co/ulFHKebMK9
Two shocking points were revealed in this judgment.
First, to their utter shame @LoveWestLothian actually submitted in their defence that they had special period toilets for girls. >>
I see John Swinney has finally admitted that the “ring fenced” fund for a 2nd indyref was spent on other things. Apart from the deceit perpetrated on the donors this does rather beg the question of how the SNP would fund a second indyref campaign if they got a section 30 order.
Ooft.
Ministers "did not put before the court any particular steps being taken to rectify matters... nor did they tender any apology... there was little contrition... the tenor of the affidavit... tended more towards indignation the Commissioner had exercised his statutory powers