{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/activists-on-both-sides-of-gender-recognition-debate-rally-in-glasgow/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"Activists on both sides of Gender Recognition debate rally in Glasgow","slug":"activists-on-both-sides-of-gender-recognition-debate-rally-in-glasgow","createdLocal":"2023-02-06 14:30:44.166446","publishDate":"2023-02-05 00:00:00","feedName":"Image Recognition","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/05/activists-on-both-sides-of-gender-recognition-debate-rally-in-glasgow-18226653/"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>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.\nScotland’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’.\nYet it was blocked weeks later in an unprecedented intervention by the UK government who argued the Bill impeded on the UK Equality Act.\nAnti-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.\nThe bill would have a significant impact on, amongst other things, GB-wide equalities matters in Scotland, England and Wales.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"activists-on-both-sides-of-gender-recognition-debate-rally-in-glasgow"}}}