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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie

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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie

@mbmpolicy

Edinburgh-based policy analysis collective, with a background in policy-making, research & communications. By @kathmurray1 @LucyHunterB & @lnmackenzie1

Edinburgh

murrayblackburnmackenzie.org

Joined August 2019

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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Jan 26
NEW: Ahead of the hearing next week of For Women Scotland's challenge to the Scottish Government's transgender prison policy, we have put together a detailed timeline of the policy's development and known relevant cases, for background and reference.
Why does the Scottish Prison Service hold men convicted of murder in the female prison estate? A...
From murrayblackburnmackenzie.org
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Feb 4, 2025
Arguments being made in court on behalf of NHS Fife this week raise serious questions about what rights NHS Fife believes female patients, as well as staff, have to notice and name that a member of staff is male, whenever this matters to them, including in intimate healthcare.1/2
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Apr 16, 2025
Our statement on this morning's ruling by the UK Supreme Court. We welcome the unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court this morning that sex in the Equality Act is a lifelong, fixed biological characteristic./
Statement on For Women Scotland's win in the Supreme Court - Murray Blackburn Mackenzie
From murrayblackburnmackenzie.org
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Aug 6, 2022
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Dec 5, 2022
Along with 28 other individuals and organisations, we have today written to the UN special rapporteur on violence against women Reem Alsalem to welcome her recent intervention on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. You can read the letter here: murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/wp-content/upl…
MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Mar 19, 2024
Our new article in @TheCriticMag traces the rise of a broad 'hate crime' agenda in the UK that, like gender self-identification, goes beyond the law. We look at recent legislative & policy developments in Scotland, & implications for freedom of expression.
thecritic.co.uk
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda | Kath Murray, Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Lisa...
Ahead of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) 2021 coming into force on 1 April, the Scottish Government has launched a public information campaign, “Hate Hurts”, showing the impact of what it…
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Jul 26, 2023
We have written today to Iain Livingstone, Chief Constable of Police Scotland, following events in Aberdeen last weekend. @ForWomenScot
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Feb 17, 2025
We are dismayed at the ongoing attacks on UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls Reem Alsalem and the attempts to undermine her work. We were therefore pleased to sign this letter in support of Ms Alsalem. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Nov 18, 2024
We have written today to @scotgov, @EHRC and @AmnestyUK, giving notice that we intend to lodge an application with the UK Supreme Court for disclosure of all unpublished submissions in the @ForWomenScot appeal case, due to be heard 27-28 Nov, and asking if they object.
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Jan 29, 2023
THREAD. On 6 July 2018, we submitted a FOI request to the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) asking for sight of the equality impact assessment undertaken on their trans prisoner policy. whatdotheyknow.com/request/equali…
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Dec 23, 2024
We are quoted in this article in today's Herald about a letter sent by a number of women's groups to Nicola Sturgeon regarding recent comments she made in the press about the nature of opposition to gender recognition reform.
Sturgeon faces backlash over claim gender reform opposition led by shadowy forces
From heraldscotland.com
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Feb 19, 2025
We welcome the recognition by the leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar MSP, that the 'capture' of organisations in Scotland has led to policies based on gender self-identification being adopted to the detriment of women's rights. 1/4
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Feb 20, 2025
This article in today’s Telegraph highlights that the Police Scotland ‘Transitioning at Work’ policy is in breach of employment law. We have been raising concerns about this policy with PS and the SPA since it was first published in 2019.🧵 telegraph.co.uk/gift/0e9c187b7…
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
@mbmpolicy
Oct 5, 2022
The @EHRC has written today to the UK and Scottish governments about plans for gender recognition reform in Scotland, highlighting the need to consider how this reform will interact with the Equality Act 2010. equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-work/ne…