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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libby Brooks

Trans woman guilty of raping two women remanded in female prison in Scotland

Isla Bryson, 31, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, arrives at the high court in Glasgow where she was found guilty of two charges of rape committed when she was known as Adam Graham,.
Isla Bryson from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, arrives at the high court in Glasgow where she was found guilty of two charges of rape committed when she was known as Adam Graham. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Politicians, campaigners and a UN special rapporteur have all expressed grave concerns that a transgender woman found guilty of raping two women before transitioning is being remanded in a female prison.

Opponents of the Scottish government’s gender recognition reforms – which the UK government has blocked from going for royal assent because of “safety issues for women and children” – said that the case vindicated their concerns about lack of safeguards in the bill.

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