Media 2018-19
Here we publish links to press articles, and TV, radio and podcasts, where For Women Scotland has featured or provided a comment.
TV and Radio
24 May 2019, Scotland Tonight, STV,
04 March 2019, Scotland Tonight, STV (audio only)
Newspapers
28 December 2019, Times: Sharp rise in child cases at gender clinic
18 December 2019, Times: ‘No evidence’ that men are using trans identity for sexual violence
17 December 2019, Guardian: Trans reforms will not diminish cis women’s rights, says Holyrood
17 December 2019, Daily Mail: Scotland mulls law to end ‘nightmare’ rules for changing gender
06 December 2019, Times: SNP members ‘victims of LGBT campaign’
30 September 2019, Herald: FWS letter (in response to We must fight against the rolling back of trans rights)
27 September 2019, Times: Women’s services starved by trans funding, activists claim
26 September, 2019, National: Data experts ‘left out’ of discussions on GRA census questions
03 September 2019, Scotsman: Campaigners prepare for three-day protest over ‘major threat’ to trans rights
01 September 2019, Scotsman: Mixed sex loos in Scottish schools break regulations, warn campaigners
11 August 2019, Scotsman: Row over ‘woman’ hits boardroom equality bid
05 August 2019, Evening Times: Tramway slammed as controversial toilets changed for religious event
31 July 2019, Herald: FWS letter: There has been a lack of due diligence and scrutiny in policy-making in the field of gender identity (in response to this article)
29 July 2019, Herald: FWS column: If any man can identify as a woman, women’s rights won’t really mean anything
15 July 2019, Evening Times: Tramway’s unisex loos at centre of row as police called
23 June 2019, Scotsman: Patrick Harvie accused of smear over claim parliament was ‘platform for transphobic hatred’
20 June 2019, Telegraph: SNP delay plans to allow Scots to self-identify gender amid party rebellion
09 June 2019, Herald: FWS letter: Abuse goes both ways (in response to Trans Scots suffering abuse in wake of GRA debate)
08 June 2019, Scotsman: Women in Scotland join forces to defend ‘threatened’ rights
02 June 2019, Times: Trans ideology is damaging children
19 May 2019, Scotsman: Canadian feminist Meghan Murphy ‘won’t be silenced’ in Scotland
09 May 2019, Scotsman: FWS letter in response to Vic Valentine’s opinion piece:
04 May 2019, Times: ‘Transphobic’ blogger Meghan Murphy invited to Holyrood
21 March 2019, Evening Telegraph: Dundee Trans Pride headliner dropped after alleged threat to ‘throat punch’ women’s group
21 March 2019, Times: Transgender singer cancels gig after calling for feminists to be punched
14 March 2019, Times: Letting criminals self-identify gender ‘putting women at risk’
25 February 2019, Times: Feminist festival targeted for ‘banning trans women’
07 February 2019, National Review: This Week at the U.N.: Feminist Concern about Transgenderism is ‘Misplaced’
07 February 2019, Times: ‘Non-binary’ sex option will not appear on the next census
06 February 2019, Times: Top civil servant’s tweet leads to accusations of pro-trans bias
03 February 2019, Christian Today: Scottish Government’s trans policy ignores impact on women and girls, say academics and activists
01 February 2019, Guardian: Scottish feminist group says transgender laws risk women’s rights
30 January 2019, Herald: Trans guidance for Scottish schools breaches 11 children’s rights, campaigners warn
26 January 2019, Times: Trans activists demand female rector quit Labour equalities post
24 January 2019, National: FWS letter (in response to Tim Hopkins, Equality Network letter. Original article by Shona Craven is here)
24 January 2019, Times: Principal backs transgender students over ‘hurtful’ stickers
19 January 2019, Herald: Trans rights backlash: the Scottish-Canadian Connection
20 December 2018, Scottish Daily Mail: Health staff told to call patients ‘they’
19 December 2018, Times: Don’t assume people’s gender, NHS staff told
04 December 2018, Times: Feminists fight against gender choice in census
11 October 2018, Times: Don’t sideline women’s rights (FWS letter)
28 October 2018, Herald: FWS letter in response to Iain Macwhirter’s article:
06 August 2018, Christian Post: Scotland Schools to Instruct 5-Year-Olds: Your Gender is ‘What You Decide’ It to Be
05 July 2018, Metro: Woman Beds Down as a Man in Hostel to Expose Sex Risks
26 June 2018, Inverness Courier: Woman Identified as Man to get into Hostel Dorm
22 June 2018, Press and Journal: Woman gets Key to Highland Hostel Dorm after Self-Identifying as a Man