Representatives from Scottish Trans and Gendered Intelligence delivered training sessions to judges regarding how to approach cases involving trans people.
Gendered Intelligence, an English charity that claims that biological sex is not a “settled scientific category”, delivered a session in 2018 to employment judges in England and Wales.
In 2019, a representative from Scottish Trans gave a presentation to Scottish employment judges to “raise awareness” of “protected characteristics”.
Concerns about the influence of pro-trans groups have been raised after a string of gender-critical claimants saw their claims dismissed by Scottish judges in recent months – including Ms Peggie, who had most of her claims against NHS Fife dismissed last December.
Last month, an Edinburgh judge dismissed claims made by a prison custody officer who was sacked after refusing to call male-born inmates “she”.
Earlier that month, an engineer at a defence firm which allowed trans women to use female bathrooms had all of her claims against her employer dismissed. A group of NHS nurses from Darlington won a similar case in January.
In 2021, a representative of the group advised the Crown Office and Prosecutor Fiscal Service (COPFS) on the use of previous names and pronouns when drafting charges for trans people accused of committing crimes.
Current guidance says that prosecutors should use trans people’s preferred names and pronouns.
In 2023, Scottish Trans also advised on a set of controversial prison guidelines which allow trans women to be housed in a female jail as long as they are not considered an “unacceptable risk”.