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Scottish LGBTI Equality Pledge

We want to see as many MSPs committed to LGBTI equality in the next Scottish Parliament as possible. The Scottish LGBTI Equality Pledge has been developed by Scottish Trans, Equality Network, Stonewall Scotland and LGBT Youth Scotland.

The pledge calls for candidates to commit to:

  • Promote positive mental wellbeing for LGBTI people, ensuring that actions to improve Scotland’s mental health specifically address the inequalities LGBTI people face.
  • Support LGBTI people to have equal access to health and social care services, including by reforming NHS gender identity services to be fit-for-purpose
  • Improve LGBTI rights and protections in the law, including by reforming laws on gender recognition and ending conversion therapy.
  • Support LGBTI young people to flourish in schools through the continued implementation of inclusive education.
  • Stand up for all LGBTI people, including the most marginalised – LGBTI people of colour, refugees, disabled people, older people, and trans people.

Please take the time to email your parliamentary candidates to let them know this matters to you, and ask them to sign our LGBTI pledge. It can make a real difference!

Click here to quickly email your candidates asking them to sign the pledge.

Click here to find out who’s signed the LGBTI pledge

LGBTI Equality Manifesto

In this LGBTI equality manifesto, we set out the concrete steps that the next Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament can take, over the next five years, to improve the lives of LGBTI people living in Scotland.

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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.

We are grateful for funding from the Scottish Government