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
09 July 2026, Talk TV: Susan Smith discussing toilets with Julia Hartley-Brewer
09 July 2026, GB News: Susan Smith discussing the estimated costs to update toilets and changing rooms to comply with the Supreme Court ruling (again)
09 July 2026, GB News: Susan Smith discussing the estimated costs to update toilets and changing rooms to comply with the Supreme Court ruling
30 June 2026, GB News: Susan Smith discussing former Supreme Court judge Baroness Brenda Hale’s comments that the FWS ruling on biological sex was the case she would most like to have sat on as a judge
21 June 2026, Herald: Scots prisons keep trans policy as court ruling considered
19 June 2026, BBC Reporting Scotland: Susan Smith discussing our win at the Court of Session which ruled the Scottish Government’s policy of housing men in women’s prisons is unlawful
19 June 2026, BBC Radio Scotland: Susan Smith discussing our win at the Court of Session which ruled the Scottish Government’s policy of housing men in women’s prisons is unlawful
28 May 2026, GB News: Susan Smith discussing the VIP hotline to HMRC granted to trans people
24 May 2026, GB News: Still discussing the Equality and Human Rights Commission Code of Practice
22 May 2026, Talk TV: Susan discussing the Equality and Human Rights Commission Code of Practice
22 May 2026, LBC: Susan discussing the Equality and Human Rights Commission Code of Practice
22 May 2026, Times Radio: Susan discussing the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s new guidance for single-sex services
21 May 2026, BBC Reporting Scotland (again!): Susan discussing the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s new guidance for single-sex services
21 May 2026, BBC Reporting Scotland: Susan discussing the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s new guidance for single-sex services
21 May 2026, GB News: Susan Smith discussing Equality and Human Rights Commission Code of Practice that was laid in Parliament today
16 April 2026, GB News: Susan Smith discussing the Supreme Court ruling and the Government’s promise to lay the EHRC guidance in May
16 April 2026, LBC: Susan Smith discussing the UK Supreme Court ruling one year later
16 April 2026, Talk TV: Susan Smith discussing the UK Supreme Court ruling one year later
24 February 2026, Talk TV: Susan Smith discussing the implementation of the Supreme Court ruling, and calling for Bridget Phillipson to resign
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
10 July 2026, Scotsman: JK Rowling’s rape support centre labelled ‘anti-rights group’ by Amnesty
10 July 2026, Times: JK Rowling’s support centre for women is ‘anti-rights’, says Amnesty
10 July 2026, Herald: Beira’s Place, founded by JK Rowling, labelled ‘anti-rights’
01 July 2026, Scotsman: Scottish Greens refuse parliament equality survey claiming sex data will be ‘weaponised by bad actors’
30 June 2026, GB News: Former Supreme Court judge who denied biological sex exists says she wished she had delivered the ruling that proved her wrong
27 June 2026, Scottish Daily Express: John Swinney faces new legal nightmare as women can sue him if they were housed with men in female prisons
26 June 2026, Times: NHS withdraws cartoon of child being given puberty blockers
26 June 2026, Times: Female inmates urged to sue SNP government over trans jail policy
24 June 2026, Daily Record: Peter Murrell and trans killer Alex Stewart could share jail cell at HMP Dumfries
24 June 2026, Herald: Councillors asked to condemn EHRC single-sex spaces guidance
23 June 2026, Times: Trans inmates to be moved from women’s jails after SNP climbdown
23 June 2026, Telegraph: Trans women to be moved out of female prisons in Scotland
23 June 2026, Pink News: Trans woman prisoners in Scotland to be removed from female jails
23 June 2026, Daily Mail: SNP FINALLY bans male lags from women’s jails… although JK Rowling says they had to be dragged ‘kicking and screaming’ into complying with the law
23 June 2026, Scottish Daily Express: SNP in humiliating climbdown over ‘unlawful’ trans prison policy as ministers sneak out decision amid Murrell sentencing
23 June 2026, STV News: Trans prisoners to be moved out of female jails in Scotland from today
23 June 2026, Herald: Trans prisoners to be moved from women’s jails in Scotland
23 June 2026, National: Scottish Government will not appeal ‘unlawful’ trans inmates guidance
23 June 2026, BBC: Trans inmates leaving women’s prisons following court ruling
21 June 2026, Times: JK Rowling calls on John Swinney to apologise to female prisoners
21 June 2026, UnHerd: Trans prisons ruling is an important step for women’s safety
20 June 2026, Daily Record: ‘I was locked up with trans prisoner – why I’m delighted at rule change for women’s jails’
19 June 2026, Herald: Trans prison law is clear. Will John Swinney now listen?
19 June 2026, GB News: Trans women BANNED from female jails after landmark court judgement in Scotland
19 June 2026, Sky News: Housing trans inmates in women’s jails ‘unlawful’, judge rules
19 June 2026, STV News: Scottish Government loses legal challenge over trans prisoners in female jails
19 June 2026, Scottish Daily Express: SNP Government humiliated in court again as it loses ANOTHER court battle over refusal to ban biological men in female prisons
19 June 2026, Belfast Telegraph: Housing trans inmates in women’s jails ‘unlawful’, judge rules
19 June 2026, Daily Record: Trans prisoners to be removed from women’s jails after judge rules SNP policy unlawful
19 June 2026, Daily Mail: Trans prisoner policy is ruled unlawful… but it’s cost the taxpayer £400k to find out!
19 June 2026, BBC News: Judge rules Scottish guidance for housing trans prisoners is unlawful
19 June 2026, Scottish Sun: For Women Scotland win judicial review against Scottish Government in landmark gender ruling
19 June 2026, Holyrood: Transgender prisoners should not be held in women’s jails, court rules
19 June 2026, National: Housing trans inmates in women’s jails ‘unlawful,’ judge rules
19 June 2026, Times: Scottish policy on housing trans prisoners unlawful, judge rules
19 June 2026, Telegraph: Trans women cannot be held in female prisons, court rules
19 June 2026, Herald: Scotland’s trans prison policy is unlawful finds Court of Session
19 June 2026, Nick Wallis GenderBlog: Men in Scottish Women’s Prisons Unlawful
19 June 2026, Scotsman: SNP ministers lose court battle over trans prisoners in female jails
12 June 2026, Daily Mail: SNP accused of ‘working hand in glove’ with trans radicals to scrap single-sex spaces and ‘undermine women’s rights’
12 June 2026: Scottish Daily Express: SNP-funded charity demand MPs block plans to ban men from female toilets
12 June 2026, Herald: Equality Network: EHRC code ‘negatively impacts all people’
11 June 2026, Times: Q Manivannan comment on women’s toilets branded ‘crank’
07 June 2026, GB News: Trans row erupts over Wonder Woman as DC release new version of iconic superhero as part of ‘trans power fantasy’ series
28 May 2026, Herald: Women’s rights come a poor second to the demands of trans men
21 May 2026, Guardian: Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC
21 May 2026, Times: No more delays on trans court ruling, For Women Scotland urges
20 May 2026, Times: Holyrood accused of making women ‘invisible’ after website change
19 May 2026, Scotsman: Scottish parliament removes ‘sex’ category from website after two trans MSPs elected
19 May 2026, Holyrood: Scottish Parliament removes male/female MSP data from website
18 May 2026, Daily Record: Outrage as picture shows trans jail lover Alex Stewart and child killer girlfriend Nyomi Fee
16 May 2026, Scottish Sun: Scots government-funded charity ‘issues unlawful guidance on single-sex toilets’
05 May 2026, Daily Record:
04 May 2026, Scottish Daily Express: All the Holyrood heroes and villains judged by For Women Scotland in 2026 election guide
30 April 2026, Scottish Sun: SNP’s ‘war of grievance’ cost taxpayers £3MILLION fighting 10 legal battles including trans rights & independence
30 April 2026, Scottish Sun: Campaigners fear SNP and Greens will plunge Scotland ‘into the mad world of gender ideology’
30 April 2026, Edinburgh Reporter: Ash Regan on campaign trail with For Women Scotland in Edinburgh
26 April 2026, Daily Mail: SNP slammed for supporting ‘extreme’ trans rights group
25 April 2026, Holyrood: A year on from the landmark Supreme Court ruling, there’s little cause for celebration
25 April 2026, Times: SNP candidates vow to fight for ‘bodily autonomy’ of trans people
23 April 2026, Telegraph: Trans murderer ‘sexually assaulted female inmate in prison’s hair salon’
23 April 2026, Daily Record: Trans killer accused of sexually assaulting woman at female jail as campaigners hit out
22 April 2026, Times: JK Rowling attacks podcast hosts over For Women Scotland snub
19 April 2026, Times: I still believe in gender self-ID, says Kezia Dugdale
16 April 2026, Daily Mail: Labour’s shameful betrayal of women: Single-sex space ruling is STILL being ignored by hundreds of public bodies… because ministers let them
16 April 2026, Daily Mail: Keir Starmer accused of treating women’s rights as ‘negotiable’ as Government continues to delay rules on single-sex spaces
16 April 2026, Guardian: One year on: how landmark ruling on single-sex spaces has changed lives
15 April 2026, Scottish Sun: Team Scotland’s Commonwealth Games outfits branded ‘sexist’ as female athletes to wear tartan mini-skirts
15 April 2026, Standard: Campaigners quietly confident single-sex spaces guidance not watered down
14 April 2026, Times: Call to strip LGBT charity of public funding over ‘fantasist’ trustee
13 April 2026, Telegraph: Scottish Labour backs trans ban in snub to Phillipson
13 April 2026, Scotsman: One year on, we must continue to hope landmark Supreme Court ruling will end ‘gender wars’
12 April 2026, Telegraph: Phillipson ‘refuses to meet’ women who secured Supreme Court trans ruling
11 April 2026, Times: Campaigners call for scrapping of Nicola Sturgeon’s equality body
11 April 2026, Scotsman: A year on, why is Labour still stalling over Supreme Court’s historic gender ruling?
10 April 2026, Scottish Daily Express: Controversial charity LGBT Youth Scotland denies having ‘made up’ board member
07 April 2026, Daily Record: Trans prisoner ‘got woman pregnant’ as jail bosses face urgent calls to remove biological males
06 April 2026, Scotsman: Council ‘flouting law’ by allowing trans women to use female-only post-prison support service
05 April 2026, Daily Record: Female prisoners ‘repeatedly requested emergency contraception after sex with trans inmates’
02 April 2026, Scottish Daily Express: Confusion as Scots trans sex offender referred to as a woman in court thanks to Nicola Sturgeon’s gender ideology
01 April 2026, Scottish Daily Express: SNP spend £190k of your money defending men being placed in female prisons
30 March 2026, Scottish Daily Express: Scots council says kids as young as 12 can change sex without telling parents
29 March 2026: Daily Record: Calls for the Scottish Youth Parliament to be shut down after Jordan Linden conviction
26 March 2026, Times: Equalities minister ignites new gender row over ‘blanket bans’
26 March 2026, Scottish Sun: Fury as SNP minister claims there shouldn’t be ‘blanket ban’ on males in women’s spaces despite Supreme Court ruling
24 March 2026, Times: Nicola Sturgeon: I couldn’t have stopped rancour over trans rights
19 March 2026, Herald: Human rights watchdog concerns over trans prison policy
15 March 2026. Daily Record: Charity slammed over links to trans group exposed for advising young people how to self-inject gender drugs
04 March 2026, Scottish Daily Express: Former SNP health secretary told ministers to stop Sandie Peggie tribunal as he slams John Swinney’s ‘lack of backbone’
01 March 2026, Scottish Sun: LEGAL ROW Scots trans activists accused of claiming two men can be in lesbian relationship
01 March 2026, Daily Record: Fury over trans activists’ holding sex hormone injection lessons for young people
22 February 2026, Daily Record: John Swinney blows £1m taxpayers’ cash ‘arguing men can be women’ in legal cases
21 February 2026, Telegraph: Royal Wootton Bassett war memorial could be ‘overshadowed’ by Pride flag
15 February 2026, Times: Beth Upton, trans doctor in Sandie Peggie row, leaves NHS
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