A Scottish Greens MSP clashed with a feminist campaigner during a heated Holyrood committee debate about the new EHRC rules surrounding toilets, changing rooms and other gender facilities. Holly Bruce claimed that some of her constituents were being "driven out of public life" due to the ban on biological men being allowed in single-sex female facilities and services.
But she was told that her claims were "absolutely false" by For Women Scotland co-director Susan Smith. They rowed about the rights of women and whether it interfered with the rights of trans people across the whole of the UK.
Ms Bruce, who was victorious in Glasgow Southside in Nicola Sturgeon's old seat, claimed that trans people are facing "rising hate, harassment and victimisation" due to the EHRC guidelines. They were published following For Women Scotland's court victory over the SNP Government over the definition of a woman, which was clarified as a biological woman in the eyes of the law.
The far-left MSP insisted that she "has a constituent, a masculine-presenting cisgendered lesbian who is now too scared to use women's toilets alone because she's constantly challenged. People with alopecia and those undergoing cancer treatment are also being challenged. Does your approach within your organisation require...
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