Today is International Human Rights Day, celebrated globally every year on the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 💪🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 We've written a blog post exploring human rights for LGBTQIA+ people, which you can read on our website now: www.equality-network.org/our-work/pol...

We've written & published a short summary statement regarding the Sandie Peggie V NHS Fife Health Board employment tribunal case & the judgment given yesterday. Much of the media coverage has missed key information, the most important aspect being that all claims against Dr Beth Upton were dismissed

Our CEO was in The Herald yesterday commenting on last week’s Herald Awards. “Across public life, animosity towards trans people is becoming more overt and more prominent” Read the article here: www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...

Today, Scottish Government published their analysis of responses to the consultation they held last year on a draft bill to end conversion practices. Please note that the analysis and responses contain upsetting content - we would advise caution to anyone reading the analysis or individual responses

‘I’m a lesbian and feminist. I’ve been harmed by men. So I wouldn’t fight for trans people if it hurt women’s rights. Yet I’m called a groomer and a misogynist’ Rebecca Don Kennedy, head of the Equality Network, on how dark it’s got for trans people in Britain www.heraldscotland.com/news/2541309...

Today we wrote to the UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity alongside 16 other LGBTI+ equality & human rights organisations to raise concerns about the human rights of trans people right now in the UK since the Supreme Court judgment & the EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice.

Our CEO was in the Scotsman yesterday talking about the need for holistic guidance for organisations following the Supreme Court judgement, instead of the push for a harmful, blanket exclusion of trans people from services they need. Read the full article here: www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

1,200 NGOs from 167 States & Territories call on #HRC59 to renew the UN human rights expert's mandate on sexual orientation & gender identity: "Ensure we continue building a world where everyone can live free from violence and discrimination" #RenewIESOGI

"No politician or judge can legislate us out of existence – we’ve always been here, and we always will be." Our wonderful Scottish Trans Policy and Public Affairs officer Flo is in DIVA Magazine discussing starting HRT after the Supreme Court ruling. Read here: diva-magazine.com/2025/06/19/t...

This Saturday marks 25 years since the Scottish Parliament abolished ‘Section 28’ in Scotland. Read our blog, ‘Section 28- how it came and went’ here: www.equality-network.org/section-28-h...

Last week we fell to 22nd place for LGBT+ rights in Europe. This week UN experts warn the UK about the situation for trans people. We hope the UK Government will do what they have urged - act decisively to restore and protect the rights of trans people. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

We have written to the SPCB about their decision to ban trans women from women's toilets, and trans men from men's toilets in the Scottish Parliament. This decision will exclude and segregate trans people at the heart of Scotland’s democracy. Read our letter: www.scottishtrans.org/wp-content/u...

An opinion piece I wrote is in @scotnational.bsky.social today on the recent Supreme Court judgment and EHRC update. “Trans people’s lives deserve to be made better, not worse.” 🏳️‍⚧️ @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social @scottishtrans.bsky.social

Allies: we need your support more than ever before. We know that many people are feeling shocked and angry following yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling and are looking for ways to get involved and support the trans community.

We'd urge people not to panic - there will be lots of commentary coming out quickly that is likely to deliberately overstate the impact that this decision is going to have on all trans people's lives. We'll say more as soon as we're able to. Please look out for yourselves and each other today 💗🏳️‍⚧️

FWS have won their case against the Scottish Government. We will be reading the judgement as quickly as possible so we can properly understand what the Court has decided today.

For the first time, a UN Committee has told the UK to improve LGBTQIA+ economic, social and cultural rights. You can read our blog post on this, ‘There’s Pride in Progress’, here: www.equality-network.org/our-work/pol...

Today I presented at the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on LGBTQ+ human rights in Scotland. What an experience, chuffed to bits 😁🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Fantastic news that the majority of people in Scotland want to see the back of awful conversion practices. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

According to a new YouGov opinion poll, 2 in 3 adults in Scotland support a ban on so-called “conversion therapy” where people seek to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Read the full press report here: www.equality-network.org/2-in-3-scots...

Today on #HumanRightsDay, we recognise & celebrate the positive role that human rights have played in improving the lives of LGBTQIA+ people. They should be enjoyed equally, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, and are vital to ensure we can live a dignified life.

Our Policy and Campaigns Officer, @christophercln.bsky.social, spoke on the influencing policy panel detailing the successes of the Equal Marriage Campaign in Scotland and how we can use that learning to successfully influence policy today. #MakingChange

We are attending the @povertyalliance.org annual conference today in Edinburgh hearing about effective campaigning techniques to achieve meaningful change in the anti-poverty and broader human rights movement. #MakingChange

Conversion practices seek to change or suppress who we are and who we love on the basis that being LGBTQA+ is "wrong", and that it's better to be heterosexual and/or cisgender. They still happen in Scotland, and that has to change. Find out more: equality-network.org/cp

Conversion practices still happen in Scotland today. They’re done on the false belief that LGBTQA+ people are broken and we need to be “fixed”. We’re not, and these harmful practices have to end. Find out more: equality-network.org/cp