Andy Wightman quits Scottish Greens over party's position on gender
ANDY Wightman has quit the Scottish Greens, hitting out at a lack of debate in the party over transgender and women’s rights.
He said his decision to leave came after MSPs overwhelmingly backed an amendment to the Forensic Medical Services Bill to allow the survivors of rape and sexual assaults to pick the sex rather than the gender of the person examining them after an attack. Only the LibDems and the Greens voted against.
Wightman spoke in the debate, saying at the time that the change in wording would make no real difference to the implementation of the law. He argued that the courts would interpret legislation in line with what the intentions of parliament were.