Nicola Sturgeon

Anti-trans protesters booed Nicola Sturgeon as she entered Holyrood. (Twitter/ amoozeboosh) Anti-trans protesters booed Nicola Sturgeon, the only female leader of a UK country, while wearing suffragette colours without a hint of irony. The protesters gathered outside Holyrood ahead of the first session of first minister’s questions of the new term on Thursday (2 September),
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Humza Yousaf put forward the proposed amendment to his hate crime bill. (Getty/Fraser Bremner) The Scottish government has pulled an amendment that sought to exempt “criticism of transgender identity” from hate crime laws. The country’s justice minister Humza Yousaf announced via Twitter on Monday (1 February) that he had pulled a planned amendment to the
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Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has condemned transphobia, saying it should be treated with “zero tolerance”. (Getty/ Andrew Milligan – WPA Pool) SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has strongly condemned transphobia in a “message from the heart”, insisting it is “vital to speak up for what is right and against injustice”. Sturgeon posted a video to
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