A Scottish Greens politician has sparked outrage after saying that rape exists ‘on a spectrum’ and rapists should not be ‘demonised’.

MSP Q Manivannan, who also described the idea of ‘monster rapists’ as a ‘myth’, made the comments during a podcast recording with Dr Sindhu Rajasekaran for The Subjective Space in February 2025.

Manivannan, who is trans non-binary and currently in Scotland on a student visa, was elected as an MSP for the Edinburgh and Lothian East region in this year’s local elections.

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