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
GB News, 20 October 2021, Susan Smith “We need to talk about Stonewall”
GB News, 19 September 2021, Marion Calder talking about women’s rights in Scotland
RT News, 14 August 2021, Marion Calder talking about the Governments new school guidance for transgender pupils
Talk Radio, 12 June 2021, Susan Smith talking about the petition to accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape
Radio Clyde, 02 May 2021, Marion Calder asking Anas Sarwar about women’s rights
Radio Clyde, 25 April 2021, Marion Calder asking Patrick Harvie about women’s rights
Radio Scotland, 08 April 2021, Marion Calder asking Douglas Ross about women’s rights
Webinars and Podcasts
The Implications of Self-ID in Scotland’s Schools and Prisons – Maren Smith and Rhona Hotchkiss, 06 December 2021
The Mess We’re In Ep. #72: The Crisis at Edinburgh Rape Crisis – Susan Smith (from 27:30 mins), 11 August 2021
Make More Noise: Wombs With a View – Susan Smith, 22 April 2021
ALBA Women’s Discussion Forum – Susan Smith, 19 April 2021
Woman’s Human Rights Campaign: Judicial Review on the redefinition of women in the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act – Shereen Benjamin, 02 January 2021
Newspapers
The Times, 30 December 2021, “St Andrews University principal calls for student tolerance on contentious issues”
Daily Record, 22 December 2021, “‘Men and women’ could be ditched from Scots courts as lawyers urged to use gender-neutral terms”
The Times, 20 December 2021, “Gender reforms will cost you, SNP and Greens told”
The Times, 19 December 2021, “Ministers face public backlash over gender recognition reform plans”
Scottish Daily Express, 15 December 2021, “Cancelled? JK Rowling’s name barely features in new Fantastic Beasts film trailer amid fresh trans row”
The Herald, 09 December 2021, “Stuart Waiton: It’s up to parents to raise their children – not politicians”
Scottish Daily Express, 30 November 2021, “Nicola Sturgeon snubs women’s rights activists as they abandon the SNP over gender policies”
Daily Mail, 27 November 2021, “Front line of the gender wars”
The Herald, 26 November 2021, “Start of SNP conference hit by row over transgender rights”
The Times, 26 November 2021, “Schoolgirls rejecting mixed toilets over boys’ bad behaviour”
The Times, 24 November 2021, “JK Rowling hails For Women Scotland in trans row”
The Times, 21 November 2021, “Fears for Scots civil service ‘captured’ by Stonewall”
The Telegraph, 12 November 2021, “Tampons in men’s lavatories in case they are needed by transgender civil servants”
The Times, 07 November 2021, “Legal threat to trans-inclusive census”
The Herald, 06 November 2021, “Trans row ministers to explain why equality law was ignored in changing ‘woman’ definition”
The Herald, 04 November 2021, “Ministers defend claims they acted unlawfully by changing the definition of ‘woman'”
The Herald, 03 November 2021, “Scots ministers accused of unlawfully changing the definition of ‘women’ in court challenge”
Scottish Daily Mail, 27 October 2021, “BBC weather presenter: I’m being terrorised by yobs”
The Herald, 26 Oct 2021, “Scottish trade union leaders condemned after vote on women-only services”
The Times, 24 October 2021, “SNP delays ‘draconian’ hate crime legislation”
Express, 19 October 2021, “Scottish civil service deletes the word ‘MOTHER’ from maternity leave policy”
The Herald, 11 October 2021, “SNP ministers criticised for urging ‘anyone with a cervix’ to get a smear test”
The Times, 21 September 2021, “Scottish doctors approved breast removal for 51 trans teenagers”
The Telegraph, 20 September 2021, “Let 12-year-olds change gender without parental consent, Scottish government told”
Daily Mail, 20 September 2021, “Fears Nicola Sturgeon’s plan to let 16-year-olds legally change their genders will ‘open the floodgates’ to children having irreversible surgery”
The Telegraph, 19 September 2021, “Allowing 16-year-olds to change gender risks ‘opening floodgates’ to irreversible surgeries, SNP told”
The Times, 12 September 2021, “SNP out of step on trans law, says poll”
The Herald, 09 September 2021, “Nicola Sturgeon branded ‘disgrace’ after heckling MSP over gender reforms”
The Herald, 07 September 2021, “Nicola Sturgeon tries to calm fears over gender recognition reforms”
The Times, 25 August 2021, “Tiger Who Came to Tea ‘teaches boys violence and sexism for life’”
The Telegraph, 23 August 2021, “Nicola Sturgeon facing backlash over proposed gender legislation”
The Times, 23 August 2021, “Activist charged with transphobia kicked out of pub by bartender”
The Times, 22 August 2021, “Scottish government to legalise gender self-identification”
The Times, 15 August 2021, “Ditch the gender books for four-year-olds, say women’s group”
The Critic, 13 August 2021, “Total Dummies” by Susan Smith, FWS
The Times, 13 August 2021, “Rape Crisis chief Mridul Wadhwa steps back from ‘bigot’ comments”
Daily Mail, 12 August 2021, “Scotland will let pupils change gender aged FOUR without their parents’ consent under guidance for teachers that says ‘recognition and development of gender identity can occur at a young age’”
The Telegraph, 12 August 2021, “Scottish four-year-olds can change gender at school without parents’ consent”
The Times, 12 August 2021, “Mridul Wadhwa, rape crisis boss, under fire over challenge to ‘bigot’ victims”
The Times, 11 August 2021, “‘Bigoted people may be challenged’: Comments by trans head of Edinburgh Rape Crisis sparks controversy”
Daily Mail, 27 July 2021, “Scottish government wants its 8,000 civil servants to add pronouns to their email sign offs despite nearly 60 per cent saying they are against the move”
The Telegraph, 27 July 2021, “Civil servants to be asked to include pronouns in email sign-offs”
The Times, 21 July 2021, “Show of support for Marion Millar’s trans tweeting case”
The Herald, 20 July 2021, “JK Rowling praises SNP MP Joanna Cherry QC for ‘incredible bravery’ on women’s rights”
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The Sun, 15 July 2021, “Over half of Scottish Government workers snub push to use gender pronouns in emails”
Holyrood, 14 July 2021, “Majority of Scottish Government civil servants say they’ll never add pronouns to their email signatures”
Scottish Daily Mail, 12 July 2021 “1,000 children referred to sex change clinic”
The Times, 10 July 2021, “Feminists’ legal appeal against trans women being called women”
John O’Groat Journal, 01 July 2021, “Drawing a line in the sand at Reiss beach for women’s rights”
Fife Today, 21 June 2021, “Councillor defends police over action on ‘controversial’ ‘Women Won’t Wheesht’ stickers”
The Times, 13 June 2021, “Health service ‘acting like Stasi’ with Pride pledge”
The Times, 13 June 2021, “Free prosthetic breasts offered to trans students”
The Scottish Sun, 10 June 2021, “‘Anarchy’ diner cafe in Glasgow’s Govanhill sparks fury by banning cops and ‘terfs’”
The Scotsman, 03 June 2021, “Woman charged with malicious communication over ‘transphobic’ tweet”
The Times, 03 June 2021, “Activist Marion Millar charged with sending homophobic and transphobic tweets”
The Courier, 23 May 2021, “Fife police people to report ‘hate crime’ stickers – then say they are not illegal”
The Times, 23 May 2021, “Warnings that organisations’ policy could breach laws on trans rights”
The Times, 09 May 2021, Letter: “Stonewall does not make the law”
The Spectator, 08 May 2021, “Will a more female Holyrood make a difference to women’s lives?”
The Scotsman, 22 April 2021, “Scottish Election 2021: Labour pledges to reinstate women-only hospital wards”
The Times, 22 April 2021, “Fear of the unknown is at heart of row over gender identity, suggests Alan Cumming”
Wings Over Scotland, 16 April 2021, “Women Won’t Wheesht”
The Times, 04 April 2021, “NHS advisor to review hormone use on young”
The Times, 28 March 2021, “Health board ‘misled young patients’ over puberty drug”
The Times, 24 March 2021, “Definition of woman will include trans people to increase equality”
The Scotsman, 23 March 2021, Judge rules Scottish Government acted legally on public boards equality act
The Scotsman, 19 March 2021, “Baroness Kennedy urged to have sex aggravator added to Hate Crime Bill ‘urgently'”
The Scotsman, 10 March 2021, “Eleventh-hour bid to stop controversial Hate Crime Bill”
Daily Record, 10 March 2021, “Hate crime law changes – a tool to persecute women or create respect for all?”
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The Scotsman, 07 March 2021, “Women’s manifesto aims to put pressure on Scottish parties to ‘reaffirm sex-based rights'”
The Times, 28 February 2021, “Women’s rights group For Women Scotland pans mixed-sex lavatory policy”
National Review, 03 February 2021, “Scotland’s Government slashes away at liberty”
The Scotsman, 15 January 2021, “Edinburgh University article on transphobia sparks protest by women’s rights group”
The Scotsman, 07 January 2021, “Scottish Government can ‘ride roughshod’ over equalities law in row over definition of women in new Act”
The Times, 03 January 2021, “Scottish Youth Parliament backs gender move”
