MSPs are set to decide on the controversial plans to reform gender recognition legislation.
JK Rowling posted a picture of herself wearing a t-shirt that described Nicola Sturgeon as a "destroyer of women's rights"
"It is men who attack women and we need to focus on that, not on further stigmatising and discriminating against a tiny group in our society that is already one of the most stigmatised,""I say this as a passionate life-long feminist, and I have spent much of my life campaigning for women's rights."as part of the biggest rebellion since the party came to power at Holyrood.
"In other countries, they are halting the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for people under 18 because we are starting to see some really severe physical side effects," she said. And she described the "total acceptance of the premise that sex is not real and that it's a feeling" as an "extremist position".
But Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, insisted there was "no evidence" that "maintaining complexity in the process of recognition of gender identity would be an effective safeguard". Lady Haldane concluded that for the purposes of the 2010 Equalities Act the meaning of sex was "not limited to biological or birth sex."For Women Scotland, which brought the case, says the ruling reveals that a gender recognition certificate effectively counts as a change of sex under the Equality Act. It says this could open up women-only spaces such as changing rooms and refuges to trans people, potentially putting women at risk.
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