Nicola Sturgeon predicts ‘collective shame’ over society’s treatment of trans people

Nicola Sturgeon (Image: First Minister of Scotland/Flickr)

Former first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has spoken out about her disagreement with the way trans people are being treated in the UK.

Sturgeon was famously a proponent for Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill which aimed to streamline the process of legally changing one’s gender and was passed by the country’s government in 2022.

However, despite receiving cross-party support amongst MSPs, the bill was ultimately blocked by then-Scottish secretary Alister Jack who invoked a never-before-used Section 35 order to prevent it changing legislation. After much controversy, this interference by Westminster was eventually ruled to have been lawful.

Reflecting on the incident in a new interview with The National, Sturgeon said: “What I regret about [this] issue, what I regret about much

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