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  • LGBT Youth Scotland – Freedom of Information Request

    In 2017, guidance for schools was published by LGBT Youth Scotland, entitled “Supporting Transgender Young People: Guidance for Schools in Scotland”. While its aim was to help schools support...

  • The Danger of Self ID Policies in Women’s Combat Sport

    The following blog post was contributed by an anonymous writer. I have been involved in boxing for a long time, and it is a brutal, violent and dangerous sport....

  • Consultation with Stakeholders – update

    Following on from our earlier blog article, the Parliamentary Questions raised by Jeremy Balfour have now been answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville as follows:

  • Consultation with Stakeholders

    When Nicola Surgeon stated that feminist’s concerns were “misplaced” at a United Nations conference last February we thought it would be an ideal time to try and arrange a...

  • Census Email Campaign

    *** This is an urgent action for TODAY! We hope everyone, male and female, will join in – we’re aiming for a high number of people all sending emails....

  • Lesbian Strength March

    Blog post by: Shereen Benjamin Yesterday I had the honour and the privilege of taking a beautiful banner, on loan from Magdalen Berns, down to the Lesbian Strength march...

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    Pride Glasgow

    Otherwise known as: ‘Look, lesbians!‘ We are grateful to the organisers of Pride Glasgow for welcoming our For Women Scotland group celebrating lesbians as part of the official march....

  • Pride Edinburgh

    We have some voices from Pride Edinburgh and accounts of the day: The first person to scream at us was carrying a sign about getting corporations out of Pride....

  • It’s a start

    For Women Scotland was formed on the 20th of June 2018 and it’s rather fitting that, exactly one year later, Shirley-Anne Somerville’s statement in Parliament on the reform of...

  • Twitter thread re GRA Announcement

    Link to Twitter thread: hereArchived here: http://archive.fo/nyZCD Thread: The shenanigans of @scotgov regarding the announcement of proposals to reform the GRA are, to say the least, concerning. There are...