That Zero Tolerance meeting on male violence against women and girls in Edinburgh yesterday – where mention of the issue of single-sex spaces for women was banned to spare guest speaker Nicola Sturgeon's delicate sensibilities – did have its moments:
A protester interrupted a speech by Nicola Sturgeon on tackling male violence against women after the audience was urged not to mention her controversial gender reform plans.
The woman was ejected from the event to commemorate the 30th anniversary of charity Zero Tolerance after telling the First Minister she had “let down vulnerable women in Scotland”.
Critics of Ms Sturgeon's legislation allowing Scots to self-identify their legal gender have said male sexual predators would have a new means of gaining access to women's spaces, such as changing rooms and refuges.
In a lengthy diatribe, the unidentified protester told the First Minister: "You are allowing paedophiles, sex offenders and rapists to self-ID in Scotland and put women at risk.
"Women campaigning for women's rights are not against trans people. Shame on you for letting down vulnerable women in Scotland, not allowed to have their own spaces away from any male."
“Shame on you, Nicola Sturgeon” #womenwontwheesht #letwomenspeak pic.twitter.com/yH8atY3NnE
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In her speech, Ms Sturgeon said she had a "determination to do whatever I can do to help build a Scotland where women and girls can and do feel safe.”
The First Minister said she would continue working with the sector on “achieving that vision of a country free from violence against women and girls”.
Some brass neck: she's doing her best to allow predatory men into women-only spaces.
Mick Hartley 
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