Being locked up for decades with the hardest women in Scotland does not sound like a soft option. Shades of cuckoo nest?

Surely if the SNP have their way, no transwoman will be legally male?

Which is probably why the information you quoted for England and Wales looks different from the information for Scotland. Albeit yes, some transwomen will remain legally male. Trans people aged 16 and older applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) will be required to make a legally binding declaration that they are already living in their acquired gender and intend to do so permanently.

The Scottish Bill includes safeguards against misuse of the system. It will be a criminal offence for applicants to make a false application. A new statutory aggravator and a risk based approach in relation to sex offences strengthen these protections. It is a Bill that has been deeply considered and well prepared, despite the mucky nonsense spouted by some.

When Nicola Sturgeon stated:

that the Scottish Parliament’s gender reform legislation “doesn’t in any way change the system” which determines what prison transgender criminals are sent to.

and also stated that a trans woman has no automatic right to be housed in a female prison, but will be housed according to a risk assessment as is standard, did you not believe her?

Or do you have some kind of personal agenda?

Edited by Mapletree (27 Jan 2023 12.39pm)

It's a challenge to believe much of what she says. In 2016 she pledged to publish her tax returns which still hasn't happened.

But self-identification is just that. Self. How do you 'define' a woman? What is a false application?

Hence why this utter nonsense falls down at the first serious hurdle. How do you define what a 'trans' woman is?

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.