Some opponents of gender recognition reform are using women's rights as a "cloak of acceptability" for transphobia, Nicola Sturgeon has claimed.In an interview with Global's The News Agents podcast, Ms Sturgeon said: "I have heard people, politicians, claiming to be defenders of women's rights who I'd never heard defend women's rights in the past."

Some opponents of gender recognition reform are using women's rights as a "cloak of acceptability" for transphobia, Nicola Sturgeon has claimed.In an interview with Global's The News Agents podcast, Ms Sturgeon said: "I have heard people, politicians, claiming to be defenders of women's rights who I'd never heard defend women's rights in the past."