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Two demonstrations took place metres from eachother in Glasgow (Picture: PA)Hundreds of activists on both sides of Scotland’s divisive gender recognition debate have gathered in Glasgow. Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill was passed by a majority of MSPs in December with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon hailing it a ‘historic day for equality’. Yet it was blocked weeks later in an unprecedented intervention by the UK government who argued the Bill impeded on the UK Equality Act. Anti-transgender rights protesters Standing For Women gathered at George’s Square calling for a repeal of the Gender Recognition Act, telling crowds ‘the state is gaslighting’ them. The bill would have a significant impact on, amongst other things, GB-wide equalities matters in Scotland, England and Wales.