The Guardian and Nicola Sturgeon get together to scowl at the stubborn women some more.

“Scotland is a country where, within our lifetimes, gay male relationships were still criminalised. So the significance of that journey is impossible to overstate.”

Although the legislation has had a profound impact – “there’s no doubt we are a much more equal and tolerant society than we were 10 years ago” – Sturgeon said the past few years had been a reminder of the need for vigilance. “When rights are under threat, whether it’s abortion rights in America or LGBT rights in other parts of the world, that’s when it really matters to stand up and be counted.”

Objection your honor.

There is no such thing as LGBT rights. The T is not the same thing as the LGB. We can’t have the most basic clarity on this subject if the Sturgeons of the world keep mashing them together.

She said she had noticed progressive voices “shying away … in the face of the sort of pushback that comes from rightwing media or some very loud populist voices in the political space”.

This was understandable, she said, given her own experience of advocating for the reform of transgender rights in Scotland: “I’ve got more abuse on the trans issue than I got on any other issue in my entire time in politics.”

That’s because “the trans issue” is its own thing, quite separate from the LGB one, and it much too often entails a bad-tempered intrusion on women’s rights, so of course she gets angry pushback when she keeps trying to force women to surrender.

After the success of same-sex marriage, equality campaigners argued that reform of gender recognition rules (GRR) for transgender people was the obvious next step…

Yes they did, and they were completely wrong, and that mistake has caused and is causing a new war on women.

…and Sturgeon pledged to champion the reform when she became SNP leader and first minister.

And in so doing, sold out women. That’s why we’re angry.

But the passage of the reforms – which were agreed by a cross-party majority in December 2022 before they were blocked by the UK’s Conservative government – resulted in one of the most acrimonious periods of her leadership , with some critics accusing her of betraying women.

This is the Guardian, so of course there is no explanation of why “her critics” say she betrayed women.

Sturgeon of course does not explain, let alone apologize.