Hats Off To MBM!


I take my hat off to Murray Blackburn Mackenzie (MBM), the policy analysis group, whose hard work and dogged determination has forced Police Scotland to agree that male rapists can no longer identify as women.

Lucy Hunter Blackburn, Lisa Mackenzie, and Dr. Kath Murray of MurrayBlackburnMackenzie standing together.

Scotland's chief constable Jo Farrell told MSPs the police supported a petition first lodged by MBM over four years ago, which demanded the police accurately record the sex of people changed or convicted of rape or attempted rape.

"Previously, the force had said basing a person’s sex solely on self-ID was “consistent with [its] values”, a stance that gender critical campaigners branded a “gross insult” to female victims of male violence."

Another victory for common sense and sanity in the criminal justice system - read the full report in The Times via the link below:

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/male-rapists-can-no-longer-identify-as-women-says-chief-constable-597fbcwdk

 

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