Pride is a protest. This year, the Scottish Government must step up and ban so-called conversion therapy in Scotland. #FMQs

“We think it's well past time that the Scottish Government just gets on with it – six years of people suffering is too much. It's too long, and so we need them to step up as soon as possible. “For us, ending conversion practices is the number one priority.” www.thenational.scot/news/2611759...

We have now updated our website so you can see the members elected to the Scottish Parliament and their positions on a ban on conversion practices. We will contact all MSPs calling on them to back a ban shortly. endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

This is the fourth year in a row that we have been promised a "draft" bill from Westminster. It's time to stop waiting and deliver. Scotland needs to go it alone and produce the ban we were promised. @snp.org @scottishgreens.org @scotlibdems.org.uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

The latest Scottish parliamentary election delivered a significant majority in support of LGBTQ+ rights and a ban on conversion practices. Now it is time to deliver, no more delays. The Scottish people have spoken. They have backed inclusion and rejected the politics of hate.

Thank you to the candidates who pledged to back our campaign and have been elected to the Scottish Parliament as our MSPs! We look forward to working with you as champions of delivering LGBTQ+ liberation over the next five years.

We have been asked why "denial of healthcare to trans people" has become a focus of our campaign. This is why. It is a form of conversion practices. It is unfounded and contrary to medical best practice. It is abuse. It ruins lives. It cannot continue.

Tomorrow we hope that Scotland will deliver a majority to deliver a ban on conversion practices within the first term of the new Scottish Parliament. The time for delay is over. We can finally end this abuse. Find our analysis of party manifestos here: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

I’m pleased to support the campaign to end conversion therapy in Scotland. This should have been outlawed years ago in Scotland - a vote for the @scottishgreens.org tomorrow will keep this high on the agenda in the next parliament

Our final announcement of candidate pledges before polls open tomorrow! We are still open to further pledges and will update our website ASAP with any incoming pledges from candidates. Find our candidates and constituency here: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

FINAL CALL FOR CANDIDATES! We will be publishing our final candidate sign-ups later today. If you are a candidate who backs our pledges now is your opportunity to get your name on our website before polls open - endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

With just over a week to go our numbers are continuing to rise - - @ch1453.bsky.social - Ross Stalker - @mareetodd.bsky.social - @qmanivannan.bsky.social - @houstinium.bsky.social - William Linegar

👀 a wave of new pledges incoming in the last couple of days. Keep contacting your candidates and encouraging them to pledge to all three of our pledges. endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

A mix from the three top manifesto parties today: - @ross-greer.bsky.social - @paulinestaffordsnp.bsky.social - Jack Clark - @benmacpherson.bsky.social - @caronmlindsay.bsky.social - @clarehaugheysnp.bsky.social Find your candidates: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

Looking for one more candidate to send out with today's candidate update if anyone is looking to contact their candidates 👀 Send them our request: endconversiontherapy.scot

Delighted to have been in the first twenty candidates to sign this pledge (even if it did take me a minute to find the graphic in my inbox!) 💚 @endconversiontherapy.scot

Very happy to sign up to this. Conversion therapy is cruel, barbaric and causes lasting harm. It has no place in a civilised society.

Conversion practices have no place in Scotland. If I'm elected in May, I pledge to do all I can to ensure a comprehensive ban on conversion therapy in Scotland, and to continue to fight passionately for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💚 @endconversiontherapy.scot @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Ending the institutionalisation of conversion practices through denying healthcare to trans people is one of our 3 pledges in this election. Hiding behind "following the science" when it is clear that medically sound, well-established healthcare is being denied for ideological reasons is not enough

Our manifesto week pledges! The next eight candidates who have signed up to all three of our campaign pledges for the Scottish Parliamentary elections. Find your candidates and ask them to sign: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

We have reviewed every published manifesto for the Scottish Parliamentary elections. Four parties have positive manifestos: - @scottishgreens.org - @snp.org - @scotlibdems.org.uk - @equalityparty.bsky.social Listed by their score from our analysis. endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

Better news with the next major party manifesto launch today - with nearly full marks to the @scottishgreens.org. The Scottish Greens are also the leading party for candidate pledges, with nearly 20% of their candidates backing the campaign! Contact your candidates and ask them to pledge.

A handy link to @endconversiontherapy.scot list of all candidates in Scotland who have signed a pledge to end conversion therapy… endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

Unfortunately as the first election manifestos have been unveiled it has not been positive news for our campaign. After the Family Party - The Scottish Labour Party manifesto is clearly hostile to our existence in public life and society, with segregationist policy announced even to "everyday life"

Our latest website update now lists every candidate running in the Scottish Parliamentary elections next month. Use our page to find your candidates. Get in touch with them and let them know you want them to back our pledges: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

One week into the campaign and we're starting to get more candidates coming forward to back our campaign. With 8 new candidates the statistics by party are: 6 @scottishgreens.org 5 @snp.org 2 @scotlibdems.org.uk 1 Independent

Our first six signatories of our pledge for the Scottish Parliamentary elections 2026. Find our full request here: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/... @alexstaniforth.bsky.social @johnredpathsnp.bsky.social @maggiechapman.bsky.social @indymichaelg.bsky.social

We will also be removing @pinknews.bsky.social from our press list

“That right protects gender identity and obliges Member States to provide for clear, accessible and effective procedures for the legal recognition of it…” This is a welcome decision. All trans people, regardless of where they live, should be able to transition without humiliating legal obstacles.

I’m a survivor of conversion therapy. As a teenager, it nearly took my life and left deep wounds. I’m still healing. It's abuse and no one should have to go through it. We need to ban conversion therapy everywhere. I hold onto hope that one day it will be 💙

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

This Trans Day of Visibility contact your Scottish Parliamentary candidates and ask them to sign our pledges. We can create world-leading protections for trans people in Scotland 🏳️‍⚧️ endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

Forcing people to suppress their gender identity is a form of conversion practice. Yet, despite Government plans to bring forward a ban on conversion practices, this is exactly what they plan to inflict on trans kids in schools. Make your voice heard, reject these regulations.

Today is the final day to have your voice heard in a Scot Gov consultation on school's buildings regulations. Respond today & make sure the Govt understands what is needed to make sure that every single pupil can be safe, supported & included at school. www.scottishtrans.org/protect-tran...

Just used this site to email the #SNP candidate for my constituency about supporting this.

Our candidate page has been updated again with a constituency filter, total pledge tracker, and manifesto tracker. Where we have emails available you can now email candidates directly to request their pledges: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

Scotland has been working on ending conversion practices since the End Conversion Therapy petition was passed to the Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee in 2020. In January 2022, with Joe FitzPatrick as convener, the committee made strong recommendations for how to do this right.

Our initial candidate list is now live, with a list of every major party candidate and whether they have signed up to our pledges. Minor parties and candidate statements to follow, together with filtering tools and "email you candidate" functions. endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

With the first candidate pledges coming in you can see our full request for candidates now live on our website: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/... A searchable list of candidates and pledges is coming soon, together with party manifesto commitments.

Thank you to our long ally in parliament @joefitzsnp.bsky.social for using his last speech in parliament to secure this pledge from the First Minister. A conversion practices ban is ready to deliver in the first year of the next parliament.

Our campaign has been featured in @scotnational.bsky.social today. Contact your candidates - this can be the year a ban on conversion practices is finally delivered. www.thenational.scot/news/2596056...

Please use the list below to email the candidates for the 2026 Scottish (Holyrood) Parliament Election. Ask them to sign @endconversiontherapy.scot's pledge to fully ban (trans inclusive) conversion therapy in Scotland. whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/sp...

If you want to contact the prospective members of the Scottish Parliament you can find them listed at. whocanivotefor.co.uk

We hope candidates across the political spectrum see this video - as to their voters as they decide who should lead Scotland's response to the failures to deliver a long awaited ban.

Happy to add my name to this. This is important legislation that must be progressed as soon as possible in the new term of Parliament.

Want a deep dive into what conversion practices are today? @theabigailthorn.bsky.social has you covered. youtu.be/_S5w18sjYLk?...

Our first candidate pledge!

I‘m happy for you to add my name to this. Edinburgh and Lothians East List candidate for the Scottish Greens.

Our Holyrood elections 2026 pledge will begin landing in candidate inboxes today. All responses (or lack of) will be recorded on our website. If you are a candidate you can also reach out to us directly with your pledge. You can find our full email here:

Four and a half years ago two of our founders, @blairanderson35.bsky.social and @tristangrayford.scot, gave evidence in the Scottish Parliament on a ban on conversion practices. We're calling on all candidates in the May elections to finally deliver this ban. youtu.be/lfv4FgZsRMQ?...