Alex Salmond says gender row could threaten Scottish independence
Mr Salmond warned Ms Sturgeon against making the gender row "a hill to die on"
Bryson - who was known as Adam Graham when the crimes were committed - was initially taken to Cornton Vale women's prison after conviction, but later moved to HMP Edinburgh amid an outcry.The Scottish government's gender recognition reforms would, in effect, allow people to self-identify as a different sex, which critics argue could make it easier for predatory men to access women's spaces.
Mr Salmond served as SNP first minister during the 2014 independence referendum but is now the leader of the Alba Party. He added: "If you pass that and you enforce that it does two things. It leaves itself open to bad actors, people of bad faith, like Isla Bryson. Mr Salmond also said he stood by every word of comments he made at an Alba Party Burns Supper at the weekend, when he described Ms Sturgeon's focus on gender reform as "daft ideology" and "self-indulgent nonsense".
When she faced further questions from journalists over the case on Monday, the first minister briefly referred to Bryson as "her" before quickly returning to using "the person" and "the individual"."What matters is the individual was convicted of rape, and that is what we're talking about here, and that is what I will continue to focus on.
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