Nicola Sturgeon owes women of Scotland an apology – Joanna Cherrypublished at 11:53 British Summer Time
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Joanna Cherry, the former SNP MP and women’s rights campaigner, says she felt “hugely vindicated” by the ruling.
Ms Cherry, who lost her seat in last year’s general election, urged Scottish First Minister John Swinney and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to “respect this judgement” and protect women’s rights, as well as single-sex spaces.
She says public policy decisions would need to reflect “the fact that women means biological women and lesbian means women who are sexually attracted to women”.
The former MP added: “I’m a long-term feminist. I’m a lesbian who came out in the ’80s and campaigned against Section 28.
“I’ve had to put up with my own party leader, Nicola Sturgeon, calling me a bigot and a transphobe for sticking up for the rights of women and lesbians.
“I think she owes all of us, not just me, and more importantly the women of Scotland, an apology.”
Nicola Sturgeon, who was first minister when the challenges were first brought, has not yet commented on the ruling.