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Committee launches consultation on gender reform Bill

A Holyrood committee has launched a consultation on controversial gender reform legislation. The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was introduced earlier this month, and will shorten the existing time period a trans person will have to live ...

21 Mar 2022 at 10:55

Scotland

No ‘real and concrete harm’ in gender reform law, says human rights chief

A human rights body has said it has identified no “real and concrete” concerns over Scottish Government proposals to reform gender recognition legislation. Ministers have proposed to remove the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria for ...

21 Jun 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Discourse around GRA ‘reminiscent’ of treatment of gay men, says charity

Discourse around proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland is reminiscent of the treatment of gay men in decades past, the director of an LGBT charity has said. In the first public evidence session on the controversial Gender ...

17 May 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Majority of responders to Holyrood committee opposed to gender law reform

Controversial proposals to reform the process by which transgender people are legally recognised in their preferred gender are opposed by most of the people who responded to a Holyrood committee. The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human ...

23 May 2022 at 21:19

Holyrood debates gender recognition reform legislation

MSPs are due to debate the general principles of a Bill which will make it easier for transgender people to be legally recognised as their preferred gender. A stage one debate on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill is due to ...

27 Oct 2022 at 01:01

GRA amendment ruling out impact on Equality Act backed by MSPs

MSPs have passed an amendment to controversial gender reform legislation aimed at quelling concerns it will impact on the Equality Act. Concerns had been raised that changes brought in by the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill ...

22 Nov 2022 at 15:34

Scotland

Scottish Prison Service ‘can weed out gender reform abusers’

A senior prisons official has said the service will be able to weed out people seeking to abuse reforms to gender recognition laws. Under current Scottish Prison Service (SPS) regulations, the housing of trans prisoners is decided ...

07 Jun 2022 at 14:35

Scotland

MSPs demand clarity over position of child asylum seekers in Scotland

Scottish ministers must clarify “as a matter of urgency” if unaccompanied children seeking asylum have been placed in hotels in Scotland, a Holyrood committee has said. MSPs on the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice ...

24 Oct 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Scotland ‘falling behind’ rest of UK in preventing new HIV cases, experts warn

Experts have warned that Scotland is falling behind the rest of the UK in plans to eradicate new HIV transmission. Holyrood’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee heard that delays in tackling the stigma of ...

12 Mar 2024 at 21:04

Scotland

Gender law reforms will not prevent women accessing same-sex doctors, MSPs told

Patients will still be able to be seen by a same-sex health professional if requested under gender recognition reform proposals, MSPs have heard. Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison told the Equalities, Human Rights ...

28 Jun 2022 at 15:33

Scotland

Action needed to improve lives of disabled people, says committee

Disabled people feel “abandoned by public bodies”, the convener of a Holyrood committee has said as a new report was published. The Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee took evidence on the Disability ...

10 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

‘Apology needed for Gypsy Traveller communities for historical injustice’

The Gypsy Traveller community in Scotland deserves an apology from the Scottish Government for historical injustices, an activist has said. Davie Donaldson, a Scottish Traveller and campaigner, told MSPs on Tuesday ...

22 Mar 2022 at 16:25

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