dukes158 t1_j8mrdg8 wrote on February 15, 2023 at 1:34 PM

Reply to comment by ih-shah-may-ehl in Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scottish first minister by icumglass

The gender recognition reform bill, allowed 16 year olds to legally change their gender after a much shorter period of time living as their preferred gender, also just made it easier for anyone to change their gender legally. Then the case of a rapist named Adam graham who changed his gender and was temporarily held in a womens prison caused a lot of anger and Sturgeon had to go back on what she said and place Adam graham in a man’s prison.

Aburrki t1_j8n8t4y wrote on February 15, 2023 at 3:42 PM

Except that changing your gender on your documents doesn't determine what prison you get placed in. It's always a case by case basis.

whynotjoin t1_j8nrzom wrote on February 15, 2023 at 5:48 PM

So a good policy that had nothing to do with prison placement caused her to back off?

That’s not my understanding at all. She was pissed. As were a lot of Scots more broadly.

And prisoners have always been case by case and unrelated to changed information, though it may be one of the number of factors that goes into that consideration.