Alba Party sees controversy after anti-LGBTQ+ comments
Austin Sheridan has quit his position after Margaret Lynch launched an attack on Stonewall Scotland and LGBT Youth Scotland.
Scotland
Scottish anti-trans group loses legal battle
A judge has ruled against a bid to have trans women removed from the ‘Gender Representation on Public Boards’ act.
Scotland’s LGBTQ+ orgs launch election equality manifesto
Stonewall Scotland, Equality Network, LGBT Youth Scotland and Scottish Trans Alliance call to end discrimination and barriers that LGBTQ+ people still face.
Edinburgh Pride 2021 cancelled
Edinburgh’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Scottish MP opposes non-binary rights bill
Former Scottish Labour leader, Johann Lamont, has put forward amendments to a national hate crime bill which would leave non-binary citizens unprotected from harassment and violence.
Update: Scottish government retracts anti-trans regulations
Scottish justice minister, Humza Yousaf, announced the country has decided to scrap a bill which would allow anti-trans hate speech as part of the proposed ‘Hate Crime and Public Order’.
Scottish bill to allow anti-trans speech
Scottish Justice minister, Humza Yousaf, recently submitted an anti-trans amendment to his proposed ‘Hate Crime and Public Order’ bill, which aims to update and consolidate hate crime laws in Scotland.