The Scottish government has halted all transfers of male prisoners to female prison facilities pending review of the policy that allowed such an absurdity in the first place.
Public outrage at the transfer of an intact rapist to a women’s prison, and further weekend revelations that Adam Graham had also used a transgender “identity” to access college coeds in states of undress while awaiting trial, embarrassed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
A second male prisoner, Andrew Burns, was also due to be housed in the same prison until press questions forced a halt to his transfer. Burns stalked a 13-year old girl before his “transition,” which seems to consist of saying the words: I am a woman.
Ignoring public dissent, Sturgeon’s ruling coalition had just passed "self-ID” legislation enabling male access to female bodies in every area of Scottish life. Asked to debate the issue on GB News, Sarah Phillimore decided it was time to force the question on “identity” versus reality. (Tweet is the …
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