The Scottish Government has announced that it will challenge Westminster’s decision to block its ‘sex-swap’ Bill in court. In January, the UK Government vetoed Holyrood’s gender self-ID Bill on constitutional grounds, given its impact on wider equalities legislation. Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had promised to fight Westminster over it before she resigned, and her successor Humza Yousaf has now decided to pick up where she left off. He said it was likely a court would decide that Scottish Secretary Alister Jack had “acted reasonably” in blocking the reforms. He said the legislation cut across the Equality Act 2010 and “clearly addresses issues reserved to the UK Government”.

Source: The Guardian April 13, 2023 16:32 UTC