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Got to leave a shit show for the next guy it's the gubments way.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 80%. (I'm a bot)


The UK government has decided to block a controversial Scottish bill designed to make it easier for people to change their legally recognised gender.
He added: "If the Scottish government chooses to bring an amended bill back for reconsideration in the Scottish Parliament, I hope we can work together to find a constructive way forward that both respects devolution and the operation of UK Parliament legislation."
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has argued there are no grounds for the UK government to challenge the legislation as it falls within the powers of the Scottish Parliament.


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Putting aside the contents of the bill, for the UK government to challenge the devolved Socttish Parliament is a very bold move given the current political climate in Scotland >

This is a total non issue tbh. The average scot doesn't care about this bill. However the SNP was betting that Westminster would block this and can now speak about how ukgovernment is overturning elected scottish government decisions. >

Actually the average Scot is against it 70:30 and it seems to put the evil Tories aligned with majority Scots opinion. >

They’re against trans rights? That is disappointing. >

They are against a system that would make easier for abusers to claim to be trans to access vulnerable people.  The thing is a lot of people are concerned that safeguarding is being thrown away to help a small set of people without proper scrutiny and debate and against popular opinion. >

Curious, and how does this bill allegedly do that? >

3 month as living as new gender, no medical diagnosis necessary, then set up with your new change of name and ID. >

Ah, that would be totally worth it to sneak into another bathroom which I already could do anyway. >

What about health care?  Youth Provision?  Shelters?  Prisons? It's a complex issue, and one people can abuse.  Certainly the UN thought so and criticised the Scottish government approach. >

"critics of the plans are worried that allowing anyone to "self-identify" as a woman could impact on women's rights and access to single-sex spaces like refuges and changing rooms." >

Cool, let's instead put trans men in women's changing rooms and bathrooms. >

Bigots love to forget that trans men exist because they ruin the "Won't someone think of the women and children's safety?!?" narrative. >

Yes but men commit a large majority of sexual offences. Women are a lot less likely to, especially against those of the same sex. >

then why would you want men in women's bathrooms? using this logic, trans women should be in women's restrooms and trans men should be in men's restrooms. >

I mean, I feel like they think all trans men are these cute little 15 year old waif boys, but... like have you seen some of these trans men with muscles and thick beards? 
We shouldn't consider trans men predators either, but you don't stop men from being in women's bathrooms by forcing men to be in women's bathrooms. >

The appearance is irrelevant; the statistics are what matter. When over 40% of trans prisoners are in prison for sex-related offences, it’s important to safeguard. 
Trans men do not commit crimes at the male rate; trans women do. 
Why should women be placed at risk when gender-neutral restrooms exist? >

according to a study done by ucla, there is no evidence that gender nondiscrimination laws increase the risk of sexual assault.
i did find another study that says trans teens have a greature risk of sexual assault in schools that prevent them from using the correct facilities.
why should trans and gnc people be put in risk simply to quell the paranoia of transphobes? >

Thank God that in the midst of worldwide economic and political crisis the Tories are dealing with the real problem: Scottish trans teenagers >

It clashes with UK national law. It is not feasible unless the whole UK moves with it at the same time or National laws be changed to accommodate. No choice but to challenge it. >

I'm going to wait and see what the UK supreme court say about it. >

It has to interpret the laws of the UK parliament- because parliament is sovereign, not the UK government, nor the Scottish government. The UK government can and does get blocked by the Supreme Court, most famously when their prorogation attempt was blocked. >


Richard Ekins, an associate professor of law at the University of Oxford, called it "a startling judgment" that was "badly mistaken" and that the court showed "a clear loss of faith in the political process" when it ruled in an area that he and many other lawyers previously thought it did not have jurisdiction to do so. In the same vein, John Finnis, professor emeritus of law and legal philosophy at the University of Oxford, considered that the Supreme Court had "forayed" into politics, calling the judgment "a historic mistake" and "a misuse of judicial power".

The prorogation was not blocked. It was started in early september and concluded in early october. The supreme court decision did not arrive until late september and did nothing to stop the prorogation from occuring.

The Conservative election manifesto contained a pledge to reform judicial review such that it "is not abused to conduct politics by another means". >

Dangerous game Sunak, seems we’ve moved on from the “Scotland is a valued part of this union and we’d hate to see you leave” line to “Scotland, know your place.” And people don’t tend to respond well to being told that… >

That will only work if the Scottish people like Trans people more than their English counterparts. We can only hope.
Edit: Just want to thank everyone who responded. I appreciate being reassured about this. >

According to a BBC poll 57% of Scots support the bill compared to only 20% opposing it >

I saw a poll saying 52% of Scots would support the move to block, so either way its complex >

From what I can gather; Scot’s like the basic idea but not the way it is proposed to be implemented >

That's what the UK government is saying as well. Whether you believe them is another story >

Polling literally from a Tory Newspaper. >

Yet when they were showing polls having a majority for leaving the UK; nationalist were treating it like goosple >

BritNats treat every poll as gospel. Even using polling from Tory papers to try and represent the Scottish people. Right now they're even trying to use random polls as more representative of the Scottish people than the votes of our literal democratically elected representatives. They're truly beyond delusional. 
If you want I could probably find that YouGov poll they kept spamming before the previous election? >

Leave it to the English to try to enforce gender standards on a nation of men in skirts. >

You joke but the very fact that there is such a perfect uniform/outfit(?) for those wanting to support trans rights whilst also supporting Scottish independence means that this could well be the turning point. >

Holy smokes, a pink/blue/white trans tartan would be PERFECT! >

20 points behind in the polls, the Tories have resigned to losing the next election, so they're torching the economy, the union and our civil liberties as they go out.