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LONDON — Scotland’s government said Sunday it would stop transferring transgender women with a history of violence against women to its all-female prison, days after a rapist was removed from the facility.<\/p>\n

It was just the latest development in a longrunning controversy that has pitted trans rights campaigners against feminists who say that women-only spaces are being compromised.<\/p>\n

The government’s announcement came after transgender woman Isla Bryson, 31, convicted of raping two women before her transition, was removed from the all-female Cornton Vale women’s prison this week following a public outcry.<\/p>\n

British media have also reported that another transgender woman prisoner, Tiffany Scott, deemed a security risk after harassing a 13-year-old girl, was due to be transferred to an all-female jail.<\/p>\n

Scottish Justice Minister Keith Brown said he had ordered an urgent review of current practices.<\/p>\n

The issue of transgender women committing violent and sexual offenses was “a highly emotive subject and that the public concern is understandable”, he said.<\/p>\n

But he warned against stigmatizing transgender women as an inherent threat to women, stressing that “predatory men are the risk to women”.<\/p>\n

Transgender issues are in the spotlight in Scotland after its devolved government passed legislation in December to make it easier for people to self-identify their gender.<\/p>\n

The British government has blocked the law from obtaining royal assent, citing the potential negative impact on UK-wide equalities legislation setting up another legal showdown between Edinburgh and London.<\/p>\n

Brown said Sunday’s announcement was unconnected with Scotland’s blocked law, which would end the need for a medical diagnosis to self-identify as transgender and lower the qualifying age from 18 to 16.<\/p>\n

Some feminist activists criticized the Scottish legislation precisely because they feared it would allow sexual predators to gain access to women-only spaces, despite provisions in the text.<\/p>\n

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s pro-independence administration in Edinburgh has accused London of politicizing the sensitive topic. LGBTQ activists have also denounced the move to block the law.<\/p>\n

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