NAT comment: ‘HIV markers still used by English Police’
NAT highlights that the practice of recording HIV status within a ‘contagious’ indicator are still being used in England and other parts of the UK.
Police Scotland
Police Scotland stop labelling HIV as ‘contagious’
HIV Scotland force Police Scotland to stop labelling people living with HIV “contagious” on intelligence database.
Scottish equality charity welcomes hate crime report
Equality Network welcomes the publication of the report of the Scottish Government’s Independent Advisory Group on Hate Crime, Prejudice and Community Cohesion.
Police Scotland launch network of LGBTI Liaison Officers
Equality Network, the Scottish LGBTI equality charity welcomes launch of Police Scotland’s LGBTI Liaison Officers training programme. National lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality charity the Equality Network welcomed the launch at the start of Hate Crime Awareness Week
Crack down on LGBTI hate crime in Scotland
Police Scotland and the Equality Network are to work together to train more than 60 officers to help prevent hate crime faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Scotland.