GENDER-CRITICAL activists and counter-protesters clashed in the Scottish capital on Saturday in a dispute over gender ideology and trans and women’s rights.

Let Women Speak (LWS), an organisation described by supporters as a gender-critical feminist campaign, led a rally outside the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh.

During a speech at the rally, Kellie-Jay Keen, sometimes known as Posie Parker, described transitioning children as “profound abuse” and called Scotland’s hate crime laws “preposterous.”