Mick Hartley

On the gender front, despite America's best efforts, Scotland happily leads the way:

Girls in care should share a bedroom with boys who ‘self-identify’ as the opposite gender, according to ‘terrifying’ guidance issued by a watchdog.

In the latest development of Scotland’s single-sex scandal, the Care Inspectorate says looked-after transgender children ‘should not be made to use the toilet or bedroom of their sex assigned at birth’.

The edict adds that trans youngsters should be able to ‘share a room with other young people who share their gender identity’.

Astonishingly, it also states there is ‘no law in Scotland’ that protects single-sex spaces.

Scottish Conservative equalities spokesman Tess White said: ‘It’s frankly ludicrous that Scotland’s care watchdog doesn’t recognise there are legal obligations to provide single-sex spaces.’

Helen Joyce, director of advocacy at human rights charity Sex Matters, called the guidance ‘a terrifying failure of the state’s duty to protect some of Scotland’s most vulnerable young people’.

She added: ‘This policy is grossly negligent, putting young people who deserve so much better at significant risk.’…

In a move which critics believe displays a chilling lack of understanding of equalities legislation, it goes on to say: ‘The provision of gendered facilities such as toilets is social convention. There is no law in Scotland about this.’

Susan Smith, of campaign group For Women Scotland, said: ‘Various pieces of legislation do mandate single-sex toilet provisions.

‘Care Inspectorate officials must be naive to the point of abject idiocy if they think gender identity will preclude children indulging in dangerous sexual behaviour.

‘Children’s human rights and physical safety matter: unless the Care Inspectorate want another child abuse inquiry on their hands, they will stop deliberately putting children at risk.’

A spokesman for the Care Inspectorate said: ‘It is for care services to decide on the appropriate provision of facilities to meet the individual needs, rights and wishes of those experiencing care.'

Well yes, no doubt. And they're making a horrendous mess of it – bending the knee, as always, to gender ideology ahead of the safety of troubled young girls.