trans woman

Pacal's sister, Lux, is a trans woman and his comments aimed at Rowling are not the first time he's shown support for the community.

Asked whether Sir Keir would use a trans woman's preferred pronouns, the spokesman declined to comment on "hypotheticals" but insisted the PM had "been clear that trans women should be treated with the same dignity and respect as anyone else".

Pushed further for clarification on whether a trans woman should use the men's or women's toilets she repeated: "The ruling is clear."

Swinney declined to directly answer whether he believed a trans woman is a woman, but said he accepted the court's judgement.

Activist Charlie Craggs, who is a trans woman, told the BBC it was really sad that this tiny community of less than 1% of the population was being "thrown under the bus".