Posted 4/2/2024, 3:01:00 PM
Debate Continues Around Balancing Free Speech and Trans Rights in Scotland
- Nicola Sturgeon accused of pressuring justice secretary to withdraw amendments providing freedom of speech protections for gender-critical feminists
- Amendments aimed to ensure people wouldn't be criminalized for arguing trans women are men
- JK Rowling mocked trans people on social media and challenged police to arrest her under new hate crime laws
- Feminist group says justice secretary broke promise they'd help draft guidance protecting speech; feared upsetting trans lobby
- Women's rights groups concerned about legislation being "weaponized against women" for rejecting gender identity theory