Joanna Cherry has said fellow SNP representatives in Westminster and Holyrood are “scared to speak out” on gender reform.
The Edinburgh South West MP has been a fierce critic of the Scottish Government’s legislation which will make it easier to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC) on the basis of self-declaration and removing the need for a gender dysphoria diagnosis.
Ms Cherry said she was sacked from the justice and home affairs spokesperson role in Westminster following her opposition to the proposals which are currently going through stage three in the Scottish Parliament.
Speaking following a For Women Scotland protest against self-ID outside the Scottish Parliament, she said she was aware of colleagues who had “serious reservations” over the legislation.
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Holyrood on Wednesday afternoon to express their opposition to the Bill.
Speakers included Ms Cherry, former Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont, and the Alba MP, Neale Hanvey.
Ms Cherry received death and sexual violence threats against her after she expressed her views.
She said: “I know for a fact that there are people in both the Westminster and the Holyrood groups who have serious reservations about this legislation, but who have felt unable to speak out."
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