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27 March 2020 | News
We have been assured that there is no reason to expect that your prescriptions for hormones during the coronavirus outbreak will not continue from your GP as normal.
22 November 2019 | News
Elise Middleton is a content writer for the Immigration Advice Service, an organisation of UK immigration solicitors offering legal aid and support to asylum-seekers, trafficking survivors and survivors of domestic abuse.
25 April 2019 | News
On Tuesday 23 April, Scottish Trans, Stonewall Scotland, Equality Network, Amnesty Scotland and LGBT Youth Scotland brought trans people and MSPs from across the political spectrum together at the Scottish Parliament.
25 May 2018 | News
The Scottish Public Health Network (ScotPHN) conducted a health care needs assessment about trans people and their access to specialist Gender Identity Services in Scotland that was published in May 2018.
9 November 2017 | News
Leading LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex) and women’s equality organisations in Scotland have today welcomed the launch of the Scottish Government’s consultation on improving the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
19 December 2016 | News
The aim of the day was to bring together non-binary community members and activists with lawyers, academics and other professionasls with knowledge and expertise in this area to start thinking about how non-binary legal gender recognition could and should work in Scotland.
7 July 2016 | News
Today, the UK Government published their response to the Women and Equalities Committee Report on Transgender Equality. Whilst Scottish Trans welcomes some of the content, overall we think that the response is very disappointing.
31 March 2016 | News
Scotland’s LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex) equality groups the Equality Network and Scottish Trans are welcoming the commitments made today by the SNP on LGBTI equality.
24 March 2016 | News
The Scottish Parliament’s Equal Opportunities Committee have published a short report about trans equality. The report summarises the evidence given by Scottish Trans to the Committee on February 4th.
17 March 2016 | News
Yesterday, the European Agency for Fundamental Rights released a new report entitled: “Professionally Speaking: Challenges to achieving equality for LGBT people in Europe”.
14 January 2016 | News
The UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee has published its report of its Inquiry into Transgender Equality. The report recommendations are wide-ranging and we are delighted at the strength with which the report calls for many key improvements.
13 October 2015 | News
On Tuesday 13th October at 10.30AM, Scottish Trans manager, James Morton, gave oral evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee’s inquiry into trans equality. The session covered a wide range of issues to do with how trans people’s equality is affected by the law, and also trans equality within employment.
8 September 2015 | News
You can watch the Trans Inquiry being held by the Women and Equalities Select Committee live on Parliament TV. The topics being discussed today are health, as well as hate crime & transphobia.
4 September 2015 | News
We’re delighted to hear that Ireland’s Gender Recognition Act is now being signed into law.
24 August 2015 | News
This Saturday, 22nd August, Scottish Trans, Equality Network, and lots of our lovely volunteers lead the Pride march through Glasgow to call for trans rights now.
7 August 2015 | News
TGEU released the following press statement about the passage of Poland’s first ever Gender Recognition Law.
19 June 2015 | News
On May 5th, the EU Commission published a report on the implementation of the Gender Goods & Services Directive stating that anti-discrimination law should apply to all trans people.
6 February 2015 | News
On 19 January, 2015 the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) issued a statement asserting its position regarding legal gender recognition.
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Scottish Trans is part of the Equality Network
Scottish Trans is the Equality Network project to improve gender identity and gender reassignment equality, rights and inclusion in Scotland. The Equality Network is a leading Scottish lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality and human rights charity.
The Equality Network is a registered Scottish charity: SC037852, and a company limited by guarantee: SC220213.
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