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Patrick Harvie: The ruling underlines how incoherent and stigmatising bathroom bans are and the pointless harm they do.

On the recordJune 14, 2026
The ruling underlines how incoherent and stigmatising bathroom bans are and the pointless harm they do.
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Patrick Harvie
Scottish Green Party

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Critiquing the bathroom ban policy.

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