BONUS EP: Trans Rights
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In this bonus episode we take an in-depth look at trans rights and gender identity - something that’s become a prominent and divisive issue in Scottish politics and society as a whole. This comes as the Scottish government is planning reforms to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) to allow people to "self-declare" their legally recognised gender and following the appearance of radical Canadian feminist Meghan Murphy at Holyrood. Lynsey Bews and Phil Sim are joined by James Morton (manager of the Scottish Trans Alliance) and Shona Craven (columnist and community editor for The National newspaper).
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:01.3 | Music |
| 0:02.0 | Radio Podcasts |
| 0:03.8 | Hiya |
| 0:04.3 | Hi Sean and James |
| 0:06.1 | Hello |
| 0:06.6 | It's Lindsay and Phil |
| 0:08.3 | Hi Lindsay and Phil |
| 0:09.8 | Are you at Holly Road? |
| 0:11.0 | We are |
| 0:11.5 | Just down the road |
| 0:12.3 | We're just next door |
| 0:13.3 | Yeah |
| 0:13.5 | You're so bizarre |
| 0:14.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland You're listening to BBC Scotland You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:21.3 | Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast that gives you an inside look at the biggest stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster. |
| 0:32.1 | We've decided to do a special bonus episode this week about an issue which is growing in prominence in politics because |
| 0:37.6 | of a row within the Scottish government. But it's also a much wider societal issue, something |
| 0:41.9 | that's kind of bigger than party politics, and that's trans rights. I'm Phil Sim, I'm a reporter |
| 0:47.2 | based at the Scottish Parliament, and to discuss this, I'm joined by... I'm Lindsay Views, I'm a correspondent |
| 0:52.3 | and I'm also based here at the Scottish Parliament. |
| 0:55.1 | I'm James Morton. I'm the manager of the Scottish Trans Alliance. |
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