Nicola Sturgeon has denied that she spent too much political capital on efforts to make it easier for people to change their legally recognised sex. The former first minister, who is stepping down from Holyrood this week after 27 years as an MSP, reflected on the heated debate about gender reforms during a wide-ranging interview with BBC Scotland News. She described any suggestion that she had become "obsessed" with the issue as "nonsense", while reaffirming her support for the trans community. Sturgeon also said she was "contented" and "at peace" with her decision to quit politics. The ex-SNP leader resigned as first minister in March 2023 after eight years in the role - longer than anyone else in the history of the devolved parliament. Now one of the last remaining cohort of MSPs who have been in the parliament since 1999, she has decided not to seek re-election on 7 May.…