FWS in the Media
Here we publish links to press articles, and TV, radio and podcasts, where For Women Scotland has featured or provided a comment.
Media in 2026
TV and Radio
10 February 2026, BBC: Reporting on the Scottish Government paying our legal expenses
05 February 2026, BBC: Reporting on the third and final day of our judicial review of the Scottish Prison Service guidance for transgender prisoners
04 February 2026, BBC: Reporting on the second day of our judicial review of the Scottish Orison Service guidance for transgender prisoners
03 February 2026, BBC: Reporting on the first day of our judicial review of the Scottish Prison Service guidance for transgender prisoners
21 January 2026, Talk TV: Susan Smith discussing the Darlington nurses, Jennifer Melle and the Scottish Government’s madcap defence of the Scottish prison guidance
09 January 2026, Talk TV: Susan Smith discussing Bridget Phillipson delaying the EHRC guidance and our judicial review on the SPS policy for trans prisoners
Webinars and Podcasts
13 February 2026, Sex Matters Podcast: For Women Scotland returns to court
29 January 2026, Inciteful Sisters: For Women Scotland and the Supreme Court
Newspapers
14 February 2026, Scottish Sun: Trans doc at centre of landmark Sandi Peggie case QUITS NHS after £400K court battle
13 February 2026, Times: Sandie Peggie: the nurse and the trans row that divided the UK
11 February 2026, Scottish Daily Express: SNP Government-funded group demand end to single-sex toilets in schools
11 February, Scottish Legal News: For Women Scotland secures £392,500 in costs after Supreme Court victory
10 February, Scottish Daily Express: Biological men can still demand strip search from women in new SNP guidance
10 February 2026, Times: Taxpayers landed with £1m bill for gender self-ID court cases
10 February 2026, Scottish Daily Express: Humiliated SNP Government finally hand over money to gender court case victors as £1m bill racked up defending men in female spaces
10 February 2026, STV News: Battle over definition of ‘woman’ costs Scottish Government more than £766,000
07 February 2026, Scottish Sun: MEN LIKE THESE The sinister stories of male killers & sex criminals placed in Scotland’s FEMALE jails
Coverage of our judicial review of the prisons guidance on 3rd – 5th February has been collated here:
https://forwomen.scot/07/02/2026/fws-v-scottish-ministers-iii-the-hearing/
04 February 2026, Times: Give women single-sex wards, patient safety chief tells NHS
03 February 2026, Times: SNP ‘uses women as pawns’ in trans prisoner row
03 February 2026, Times: Equalities watchdog rejects SNP claims over trans prisoners’ rights
27 January 2026, Times: Ministers ‘tried to silence’ prisoner who shared jail with trans women
27 January 2026, Herald: SNP ministers accused of contempt in transgender prison case
25 January 2025, Telegraph: Labour council under fire over trans Pride flag
23 January 2026, Times: University tells students it’s ‘not just women who menstruate’
20 January 2026, Scotsman: Trans prison ban would violate human rights, says Scottish Government
20 January 2026, National: Scottish Government set out legal argument in transgender prisoner row
20 January 2026, Telegraph: ECHR means trans prisoners can’t be banned from women’s jails, claims SNP
20 January 2026, Times: SNP ministers warn of suicide risk for transgender prisoners
18 January 2026, Daily Record: Ex-prison boss accuses Swinney of leaving Scotland without female-only jail after legal ruling
08 January 2026, Times: Trans inmates left ‘sexless’ if banned from women prisons, say ministers
08 January 2026, Daily Mail: Now ‘shameful’ Swinney challenges gender ruling to protect trans inmates
08 January 2026, Scotsman, SNP ministers challenging Supreme Court verdict on gender
08 January 2026, Telegraph: SNP in secret bid to keep men in women’s prisons
08 January 2026, Herald: Swinney dismisses confusion over For Women Scotland case
08 January 2026, Herald: SNP ministers in code break row over For Women Scotland case
07 January 2026, Times: SNP in secret attempt to challenge Supreme Court ruling on sex