Scotland’s women face a choice on self-ID in this election

Women in Scotland have a difficult choice to make in this election. Those whoomen, that is, who are concerned about a return of any version of the infamous Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill and the policy of allowing transgender people to self-identify as another sex. It looks very much as if only the Conservative party is serious about abandoning self-ID, protecting women’s rights and asserting the primacy of biological sex, not least in what is taught in schools. Yet, very few Scottish women, and even fewer feminists, are natural Tory voters. Indeed, Scots of all genders tend to shun the party. 

But women across the UK have a particular interest in this election too, because its outcome could affect their sexual and social identity, as well as their safety in single sex spaces. What do they do? What does JK Rowling do? We know who she won’t vote for. The world’s most prominent critic of gender ideology says