Legislation reforming the process for trans people to gain legal gender recognition in Scotland has passed its first vote in the Scottish Parliament. (Getty) A bill to streamline the laborious process on how trans people can change their gender on legal documents in Scotland has passed its first vote. The vote came just a short
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Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon. (Jane Barlow – Pool/Getty Images) Nicola Sturgeon has said she fears Scotland is “regressing” as she is often told gay couples are too scared to hold hands in public. The first minister said that as much as the nation has made key leaps in LGBTQ+ rights recently – with more
Hundreds of members of the LGBT+ community marched through Dundee as part of Trans Pride Scotland 2019. (Photo by Stewart Kirby/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Trans healthcare in Scotland will get a desperately needed financial boost of £2 million in “crisis funding”, the Scottish government has announced. The money for trans healthcare comes as part
Emily Frood has been flooded with love and support since announcing their plans for Edinburgh’s first lesbian bar. (Supplied/Emily Frood) A trans student has been flooded with an “outpouring of love and support” after announcing she’s quitting university to open Edinburgh’s first lesbian bar. The capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh has a population of around
Humza Yousaf put forward the proposed amendment to his hate crime bill. (Getty/Fraser Bremner) The Scottish government has pulled an amendment that sought to exempt “criticism of transgender identity” from hate crime laws. The country’s justice minister Humza Yousaf announced via Twitter on Monday (1 February) that he had pulled a planned amendment to the
SOPHIE performs at Mojave Tent during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella) Scottish singer Sophie Xeon, otherwise known by her stage name SOPHIE, died early Saturday morning (30 January) after “climbing to watch the full moon” before “slipping”, her label said. The pioneering record producer, who with her
Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has condemned transphobia, saying it should be treated with “zero tolerance”. (Getty/ Andrew Milligan – WPA Pool) SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has strongly condemned transphobia in a “message from the heart”, insisting it is “vital to speak up for what is right and against injustice”. Sturgeon posted a video to
Andy Wightman has resigned from the Scottish Greens. (Ken Jack – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) Andy Wightman, a lawmaker, resigned from Scottish Greens Friday afternoon (17 December), describing the party’s positive stance on trans rights as “alienating and provocative”. One of just six of the party’s members of the Scottish parliament, Wightman, wrote of a
Anti-trans pressure group For Women Scotland. (For Women Scotland/ Instagram) A judge at Scotland’s highest civil court has fixed dates for proceedings concerning whether a government plan to expand the legal definition of women to include trans women is “lawful”. Scottish supreme court judge Lady Wise arranged for a two-day judicial review to take place
A trans teen was refused alcohol at a pub in Glasgow, Scotland. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) A trans teen was left in tears after bartenders in Glasgow, Scotland, refused to serve for because she “did not look like her ID”. Savanna Galloway, 19, swung by Wetherspoons-owned Counting House on George Square Tuesday (September 1)
A golden imprint of JK Rowling’s hands were splashed with red paint and a decorate trans Pride flag left beside it. (Supplied) Harry Potter fans across the world have wrestled with how to reimagine the wizarding world without JK Rowling in light of her views on trans people, but it seems one fan has taken
A man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly hurled homophobic abuse at police while attempting to stop an ambulance on a 999 call. Police on patrol in Helensburgh, Scotland, spotted the lone 24-year-old man walking erratically down the middle of the road shortly after midnight on March 23. According to local news, the man is alleged
Pride Edinburgh – the stalwart of Scotland’s LGBT+ celebrations – has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Stewart Kirby/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Scotland’s Pride calendar suffered a devastating blow after Pride Edinburgh organisers announced Tuesday evening that the celebration will be cancelled, citing the swelling coronavirus pandemic. For the last 24 years, the Pride
On the day Thomas Anderson found out he was going to be a father, he nearly fainted. He’d known from a young age that he wanted children in his future, but as a gay man he thought it was “impossible” for him. And when he entered his 30s as a single gay man, it felt
An armed Scotland Police officer. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images) Despite rocketing rates of violence against LGBT+ people in Scotland, absolutely no Police Scotland officers have been sent to a training course to better tackle the upsurge in around four years. According to the BBC, the country’s top police officer in 2016 said that tackling hate crime
The Catholic Church has explained its position on trans rights – and it’s singing from a very old, very homophobic hymn book. (Michael Campanella/Getty Images) The Catholic Church has vowed to defeat gender recognition reform in Scotland to reassert the “natural instinct” of marriage between one man and one woman. The church restated its long-standing