Nicola Sturgeon has said anyone who rapes a woman 'forfeits the right to be the gender of their choice'.
The former Scottish first minister made the claim as she struggled to answer fresh questions about transgender prisoner Isla Bryson.
In a TV interview, Ms Sturgeon admitted she was 'partly responsible' for a loss of 'rationality' in the debate over trans rights.
The ex-SNP leader quit frontline politics in 2023 after a furious row over her Scottish Government's plans to introduce a system of self-identification for changing gender.
Ms Sturgeon had also been damaged by a row over Bryson, a double rapist who was sent to a female jail after announcing she was a trans women.
