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JK Rowling led a feminist backlash on Monday against Nicola Sturgeon after
she was accused of rewriting history over the gender self-ID law
controversy.
The Harry Potter author said the former Scottish first minister was
attempting to invent a worthy adversary to blame for the public
opposition her gender Bill provoked.
Instead, Ms Sturgeon was refusing to accept the backlash had been driven
by normal women who were outraged over her plans, Rowling said.
It followed a series of Scottish womens groups signing a joint letter
urging Ms Sturgeon to name the forces she recently claimed had muscled
in on the trans debate in Scotland as part of an agenda to push back
rights generally.
In a round of media interviews, she raised eyebrows by claiming there was
no massive public opposition to her law until it passed. At the time it
was seen as one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in
Holyroods history and it provoked an unprecedented SNP rebellion.
Ms Sturgeons self-ID law would have allowed any Scot aged 16 and over to
change their legal sex simply by signing a declaration, but it was later
blocked by the UK Government meaning it never came into force.
Responding to the letter calling on Ms Sturgeon to name the forces she
was referring to, Rowling said: Her ego requires her signature Bill to
have been opposed by something she considers a worthy adversary, rather
than members of the public who dont want cross-dressing men running rape
crisis centres.
She suggested that someone buy Ms Sturgeon the book The Women Who
Wouldnt Wheesht for Christmas, a series of essays about the grassroots
opposition to the self-ID law, which Rowling contributed to.
The letter to Ms Sturgeon was signed by seven feminist groups including
For Women Scotland, which is awaiting a ruling from Supreme Court judges
about the legal impact of gender recognition certificates (GRCs), which
the self-ID law would have made widely available to Scots.
In the legal case, Scottish Government lawyers undermined assurances Ms
Sturgeon and other SNP ministers gave while their Bill was being
scrutinised at Holyrood.
They accepted GRCs change a persons sex for the purposes of the Equality
Act and bestow significant new rights on those who hold them, whereas
previously the law had been presented as bringing about a minor
bureaucratic change.
The letter to Ms Sturgeon urged her to move away from dropping broad
hints and to present evidence to back up her claims.
If you believe that there are groups or individuals with an agenda to
push back rights generally who are muscling in on Scottish politics,
you have a duty to state who or what you believe they are, and how you
believe they are operating in Scotland, as precisely as possible, it
said.
Then, the influence of any such groups or individuals can be properly
investigated and challenged, as necessary.
As it stands, regardless of your intentions, a person might reasonably
believe you are referring to those groups or individuals who played a
leading part in criticising the Scottish Governments proposals.
In a series of interviews last week, Ms Sturgeon drew comparisons between
the acrimonious nature of rows over trans rights and the more civilised
debate over gay marriage legislation, which passed a decade ago in
Scotland.
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JK Rowling leads feminist backlash against Sturgeon for rewriting
history over gender self-ID row
She claimed a debate over equal marriage would be much more toxic,
divisive and unpleasant had it taken place today, and bemoaned the
polarised nature of political discourse her critics claim she was in
part to blame for in Scotland.
She added: We consulted on the [self-ID] legislation for longer than we
consulted on anything else and right up until the point of the legislation
passing, I dont think it was the case that there was massive public
opposition.
But things became so toxic and opposition became so entrenched and this
is not the case for everybody who opposed that legislation but there
were forces that muscled into that debate who, I think, you know, had a
bigger agenda in terms of rights more generally.
The Scottish Tories accused Ms Sturgeon of attempting to rewrite history
and shifting the blame for her own failures, pointing out that she had
resolutely failed to compromise on her gender law.
A spokesman for Ms Sturgeon declined to comment.
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