Top SNP leadership candidates split over LGBT+ rights

Kate Forbes says she does not support self-identification for trans people and would not have voted for same-sex marriage

Deep splits over LGBT+ rights have emerged between the two leading candidates vying to replace Nicola Sturgeon as first minister of Scotland.

The finance minister, Kate Forbes - who returned early from maternity leave on Monday to declare her bid for leadership of the SNP - told reporters in a round of interviews that she would not challenge the UK government's block on Holyrood's gender recognition reform bill, did not support self-identification for trans people and would not have voted for same-sex marriage.