Gender

A German neo-Nazi will begin serving an 18-month sentence in a women’s prison after using new gender recognition laws to register as a woman. Marla-Svenja Liebich, formerly, Sven Liebich, a far-right activist photographed at rallies in Nazi-style uniforms and armbands, was sentenced in July 20

The women’s rights campaign group that secured a Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of gender has begun fresh legal proceedings against the Scottish government, arguing that certain policies remain “inconsistent” with the judgment. For Women Scotland said it has “li

A transgender pool player has lost a legal challenge against a governing body’s decision to exclude individuals not born biologically female from its women’s competitions. The English Blackball Pool Federation (EBPF) introduced the ban in August 2023, prompting professional player Harrie

A Scottish school must provide single-sex toilets for pupils after parents won a legal battle against a council which insisted on installing gender-neutral facilities, The Times reports. In a case dubbed the "first of many" which will see the rights of women and girls asserted in the wake of the Sup

Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC) must pay a former employee £70,000 and publicly apologise to her after she was constructively dismissed for her beliefs about gender. An employment tribunal had already ruled that the centre unlawfully discriminated against Roz Adams and that the management

Scottish Lesbians has published its intervention submission ahead of the Supreme Court appeal case of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers. The case, regarding the Scottish government’s definition of ‘women’ for the purposes of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotlan

For Women Scotland (FWS) has published its written case detailing the legal arguments to be presented in the appeal case For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers, which is to be heard by the Supreme Court next month. The case at the UK’s highest court is the latest development in a long-ru

Scottish Lesbians, joined by The Lesbian Project, LGB Alliance and members of Lesbian Labour, have been granted permission to submit a written intervention in the forthcoming Supreme Court appeal brought by For Women Scotland on the Gender Recognition Act and its interplay with the Equality Act.&nb

Next steps to address violence against women and girls, including measures to combat culturally specific forms of violence, have been unveiled. The latest Equally Safe Delivery Plan – developed in partnership with COSLA – focuses on prevention of abuse across Scotland’s communities

Legislation to amend the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. The Act, which was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2018, sets an objective that 50 per cent of a public board’s non-executive members should be women.

A Lord Ordinary has ruled that the UK government acted lawfully in vetoing the Scottish Parliament’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill from receiving lawful assent, after a legal challenge to the block was brought by the Scottish Ministers. It was argued for the petitioners that the preconditions

Scottish government proposals to simplify the gender recognition process have been dealt a severe blow after the Court of Session ruled that the UK government's unprecedented decision to veto the bill was lawful.

Legislation to amend the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act has been published. The Act, which was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2018, aims to address the under-representation of women in public life by setting an objective that 50 per cent of a public board’s non-executive memb

The week ahead sees the battle between the Scottish and UK governments over the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (GRR) move into court as Scottish ministers seek to overturn the Section 35 Order put in place by the Secretary of State for Scotland, currently blocking the bill from becoming a

Joanna Cherry KC has revealed she was ready to pursue legal action against the SNP after some of her Westminster colleagues attempted to prevent her from addressing a gender-critical charity's conference. During a talk at the Fringe, the advocate and MP expressed her belief that First Minister Humza