Media 2020

Here we publish links to press articles, and TV, radio and podcasts, where For Women Scotland has featured or provided a comment.


Talk Radio, 03 July 2020

Scotland Tonight, STV, 20 February 2020


Scottish Prism talks to Marion Calder, FWS, 06 November 2020

Free to Disagree: Discussion on the Hate Crime Bill – Susan Smith, 10 September 2020

Woman’s Human Rights Campaign: GRA Reform in Scotland – Marion Calder, 24 August 2020


The Times, 28 December 2020, “NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde withdraws trans advice for female-only wards”

The Critic, 14 December 2020, “Women in Scotland risk having their right virtue-signalled away”

The Times, 13 December 2020, “Scots gender clinic sorry for delay in highlighting dangers of puberty blockers”

Daily Record, 06 December 2020, “Campaigners in plea for ban on Scots kids being given puberty blockers after landmark ruling”

The Scotsman, 25 November 2020, “Cross-dressers at Rocky Horror Picture Show protected by Hate Crime Bill”

Holyrood, 24 November 2020, “Top barrister to lead working group on misogynistic harassment”

The Times, 24 November 2020, “Hate crime bill: saying trans women aren’t women could break the law”

Spiked, 19 November 2020, “Beware trans ideas in sheep’s clothing”

The Herald, 07 November 2020, “Agenda: New bill must not conflate sex and gender” by Trina Budge, FWS

The National, 27 October 2020, “It is reckless to say that puberty-blocking drugs are safe and reversible”
(Letter in response to “The election of a trans woman for the SNP would be a huge victory”)

The Times, 22 October 2020, “Anger over trans woman on all-female SNP shortlist”

Scottish Legal News, 21 October 2020, “Permission granted for judicial review of act’s definition of ‘woman'”

The Spectator, 17 October 2020, “The SNP, trans rights and the war on women”

Scottish Daily Mail, 17 October 2020, “Gender Showdown”

The Scotsman, 16 October 2020, “Campaigners win judicial review over Scottish definition of ‘woman'”

The Scotsman, 16 October 2020, “Definition of a woman: Why feminist group For Women Scotland is asking Court of Session to intervene in row over gender recognition”

The National, 16 October 2020, “Scottish Government faces legal fight over ‘definition of woman'”

Sunday Mail, 06 September 2020, “Our women are living in fear of trans attacks”

Daily Record, 06 September 2020, “Women’s rights campaigners ‘living in fear of trans attack’ after vile abuse directed at group”

The Times, 30 August 2020, “Campaigners rage at Scottish Government plans to change ‘woman’ definition”

The Spectator, 28 August 2020, “The legal battle over how Scots define ‘woman'”

The Scotsman, 16 August 2020, “Jeane Freeman urged to intervene on NHS trans policies”

The Times, 15 August 2020, “School lavatory gender rules still in force after ministers rejected them”

The Times, 01 August 2020, “For Women Scotland: Feminists’ legal fight over gender rules”

The Spectator, 31 July 2020, “Is Scotland changing the law on gender by stealth?”

The Scotsman, 31 July 2020, “Feminism is not ‘right-wing’ and the word ‘woman’ is not discriminatory”

The Daily Mail, 29 July 2020, “Devil is in the Detail”

National Review, 12 June 2020, “J.K. Rowling vs. Woke Supremacy”

The National, 08 March 2020, “Women and Democracy: Scottish Parliament theme for IWD”

The National, 07 March 2020, “Campaigners opposed to GRA reform to protest Holyrood event”

Adverts in The Scotsman and the Metro, 06 March 2020

The Spectator, 29 February 2020, “Are women’s libraries still a safe space for women?”

Unherd, 22 January 2020, “Scotland’s Gender Recognition Act is a hostage to fortune”

The Herald, 17 January 2020, Advertisement:

The Christian Institute, 16 January 2020, “Trans research ‘insulting to breast cancer survivors’, says MSP”

rt.com, 06 January 2020, “UK High Court to rule if clinic can carry out gender reassignment on children as concerns over methods mount”