Tag: Isla Bryson

LGBT Education Group Receives £400,000 in Government Funds in 2 years

A group providing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) education in Scottish schools has received almost £400,000 in government funding. The latest accounts for Glasgow-based Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) show it received the six-figure sum in three grants from 2020 to 2022. The registered charity—which faced closure in 2019 according to the BBC—provides services…


Over 60 Percent of Scotland’s Transgender Prisoners Only Transitioned After Being Jailed: Reports

Reports that over 60 percent of Scottish transgender prisoners only transitioned after being locked up have been deemed “shocking but unsurprising” by women’s rights campaigners. Of the 19 transgender prisoners currently in Scotland’s prisons, 12 are recorded as beginning their transition “after their date of admission,” according to The Telegraph. The figures, disclosed to the…


Transgender Rapist Prison Row Should Be a ‘Turning Point’ for UK: Campaigner

A sex-based rights campaigner says she hopes outrage over the remanding of a transgender rapist into a female prison is a “turning point” in the UK. Speaking to NTD’s Lee Hall for the “British Thought Leaders” programme, Kate Coleman—director of Keep Prisons Single Sex—said the case of Adam Graham should be “seized upon” in the…


Transgender Rapist Jailed in the UK for 8 Years

A transgender sex offender who raped two women before deciding to identify as a female, has been jailed for eight years. Isla Bryson, formerly known as Adam Graham, will spend a further a further three years on licence, Edinburgh High Court heard on Tuesday. The 31-year-old was convicted last month of two separate sex attacks…


Four Out of Five Trans Inmates in Scotland’s Only Female Prison Are Killers: Reports

Four out of five transgender inmates being held in Scotland’s only female prison are murderers, according to reports. According to The Times of London, the convicted killers—all born male—are currently being housed in the all-female jail estate. The violent inmates are said to include Sophie Eastwood, formerly known as Daniel Eastwood, who strangled his cellmate…