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ECT Scotland @endconversiontherapy.scot · 1d

In several areas there has been agreement from those across the spectrum that some greater clarity is needed from the proposed legislation.

We hope these are acted upon to ensure everyone can be clear on both their rights and the rights of the LGBTQ+ not to be subjected to these horrific practices.

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ECT Scotland @endconversiontherapy.scot · 1d

As the End Conversion Practices consultation responses are published today we are glad to see a Scottish Government response that recommits to a comprehensive and inclusive ban on conversion practices delivered to parliament by 2027.

www.gov.scot/publications...

Ending conversion practices in Scotland - consultation analysis: SG response

A Scottish Government response to the consultation analysis on ending conversion practices Scotland. This document responds to some of the issues raised in responses to the consultation and what the S...

www.gov.scot

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Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · Sep 1

Today, along with over 80 partner organisations, we are writing to MPs across the UK calling for robust Parliamentary scrutiny of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) forthcoming Code of Practice. Read the full statement on our website:

www.scottishtrans.org/scottish-tra...

What can you do? Write to your MP! Together, we have created a template letter that you can use to express your personal concerns and asking them to push for proper scrutiny of the Code.
It is incredibly important that MPs hear from their constituents that are directly affected, so they can advocate on your behalf. Please personalise your letter as much as you can - it helps to ensure that your concerns are heard and felt.
Link to the template on our website!

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ECT Scotland @endconversiontherapy.scot · Aug 17

Conversion practices include coercive behaviour to force someone to suppress their trans gender identity.

"Schools are still under a legal obligation to ensure appropriate provision is provided, and that trans kids feel safe."

goodlawproject.org/what-have-i-...

‘What have I done wrong?’ Trans kids go back to school bathroom bans in Scotland

Councils rushing to put policies on school bathrooms in place leave trans children facing confusion, distress and the risk of being outed.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · Aug 12

EXACTLY as trans people predicted...

Cis women & non-binary people are being harassed & assaulted in toilets since the supreme court misjudgement. @libbybrooks.bsky.social in the Guardian.

I'm now working on a way to monitor, document and record incidents like these.

Attn @cliveefford.bsky.social

‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling

Support groups report that women and non-binary people are increasingly being challenged in toilets and changing facilities – but others call it scaremongering

www.theguardian.com

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you have been stopped, challenged or harassed when using a gendered space (such as toilets or changing rooms) since the UK's Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act we need to hear from you.

Let us know at: tinyurl.com/ReportALoo

#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT

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ECT Scotland @endconversiontherapy.scot · Aug 12

We cannot trust the UK Government to deliver a ban.

The Scottish Government must deliver on its promises.

Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · Aug 12

Once again pointing out that this government won’t be able to pass a true ban on conversion therapy without acknowledging it is *current* NHS policy to do conversion therapy on trans kids. That’s what this is.

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Aug 8

Exclusive - Spending by so-called 'conversion therapy' groups has increased by 165% since the government first promised to ban the ‘cruel and abusive’ practice

‘Conversion therapy’ groups soaring £2M spend since ban on “abusive” practice promised

Exclusive - Spending by so-called 'conversion therapy' groups has increased by 165% since the government first promised to ban the ‘cruel and abusive’ practice

www.wearequeeraf.com

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TIE @tie.scot · Aug 1

“There seems to be a culture just now that has shifted back in time, when it’s cool to be cruel again. The rise of the so-called “manosphere” online and normalisation of hate has had an impact on young people.”

📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social

People are using slurs we thought we left in the 70s, why inclusive education matters

OF all the campaigning groups forged in the febrile atmosphere of post-referendum Scotland, Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) has been one of the…

www.thenational.scot

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TIE @tie.scot · Jul 20

“When I speak to other parents and carers across the country, both in my personal life and through this work, I hear overwhelming support for this kind of common sense education, and recent polling reflects that too.”

📰 Read our feature interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social in The Herald

Inside the ten year campaign for LGBT-inclusive education

For the past ten years, Jordan Daly and Liam Stevenson have worked to transform the experiences of young people across Scotland.

www.heraldscotland.com

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · Jul 26

Today we marched alongside you. Fighting back against a trans bathroom ban. Fighting against a transphobic government. Fighting for our community, together.

Thank you, London Trans+ Pride.

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance at London Trans+ Pride

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · Jul 27

From us in The Guardian yesterday:

"You look at the bathroom ban that’s being proposed and you sort of realise that, although we may consider the UK quite different from a country like America, it’s a bathroom ban that would make someone like Donald Trump proud"

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Tens of thousands of people take to streets for London Trans+ Pride 2025

Event becomes biggest of its kind as more than 100,000 turn out to support its ‘existence and resistance’ theme

www.theguardian.com

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Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · Jul 22

NHS National Services Scotland are consulting on new Children and Young People’s Gender Identity Health and Wellbeing services until Wednesday 20th August: neu-www.sway.com/nSaxBjBlgL14...

Read more on our website: www.scottishtrans.org/children-and...

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Jul 22

In both the US and the UK, parents-rights activists present trans acceptance as harmful to their children and advocate against gender-affirming treatments.

This story describes the abuse and extremism beneath the surface, and the harm such families are doing to trans adolescents and young adults.

Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Jul 22

transsafety.network/posts/my-par...

@sasha98.bsky.social and Valeria Rocca spoke to several children of Bayswater members who highlighted the harm the group do to young trans people and the gateway into broader far-right politics that they provide.

Content warning: discusses conversion abuse

“My parents very clearly do not love me”: Children of Bayswater Speak Out

We speak to several children of Bayswater Support Group members. Their experiences highlight the harm groups like Bayswater do to young trans people, and the gateway they provide to broader far-right ...

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sasha baker @sasha98.bsky.social · Jul 22

As the political influence of pro-conversion therapy parents continues unabated, @vrocca.bsky.social and I spoke to some of the children and young adults who have been victimised by Bayswater members. CW: child abuse.

Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Jul 22

transsafety.network/posts/my-par...

@sasha98.bsky.social and Valeria Rocca spoke to several children of Bayswater members who highlighted the harm the group do to young trans people and the gateway into broader far-right politics that they provide.

Content warning: discusses conversion abuse

“My parents very clearly do not love me”: Children of Bayswater Speak Out

We speak to several children of Bayswater Support Group members. Their experiences highlight the harm groups like Bayswater do to young trans people, and the gateway they provide to broader far-right ...

transsafety.network

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Trans Safety Network @transsafety.network · Jul 22

transsafety.network/posts/my-par...

@sasha98.bsky.social and Valeria Rocca spoke to several children of Bayswater members who highlighted the harm the group do to young trans people and the gateway into broader far-right politics that they provide.

Content warning: discusses conversion abuse

“My parents very clearly do not love me”: Children of Bayswater Speak Out

We speak to several children of Bayswater Support Group members. Their experiences highlight the harm groups like Bayswater do to young trans people, and the gateway they provide to broader far-right ...

transsafety.network

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ECT Scotland @endconversiontherapy.scot · Jul 16

It is important to note that this guidance does not apply in Scotland, where the vital work of @tie.scot continues.

We hope English education resists this new Section 28. We know how much damage was done by the first.

QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Jul 15

🆕🚨 New statutory Relationships and Sex Education guidance published today will:

- Restrict schools from using materials that "encourage pupils to question their gender"
- Teaches children the laws about "biological sex"
- Removes all references to the word transgender

What we know so far 🧵

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Jul 11

🍎 "My experience is a testament to how, despite hateful and ignorant anti-trans views becoming centred by a select vocal minority at a national level, empathy and solidarity exist all around us."

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/my-life-as-a-transgender-teacher-as-we-enter-a-new-era-of-section-28/

My life as a transgender teacher as we enter a new era of 'Section 28'

Sasha Greene, a transgender teacher writes under a pseudonym to protect them as they discuss the difficulties of being Trans+ in education in the UK

www.wearequeeraf.com

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Jul 12

‘Conversion therapy’ groups spend £2M on lobbying and promoting practice in soaring costs since promise to ban the “abusive” practice 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/conversion-therapy-groups-spend-2m-on-lobbying-and-promoting-practice-in-soaring-costs-since-promise-to-ban-the-abusive-practice/

‘Conversion therapy’ groups soaring £2M spend since ban on “abusive” practice promised

Exclusive - Spending by so-called 'conversion therapy' groups has increased by 165% since the government first promised to ban the ‘cruel and abusive’ practice

www.wearequeeraf.com

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ECT Scotland @endconversiontherapy.scot · Jul 11

The impact of being subjected to conversion practices is horrifying and brutal. Nearly two third suffer from long term mental health impacts that require professional support.

Many of those suffer impacts that endanger their health and their lives as a result.

It cannot go on. We ned a ban.

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ECT Scotland @endconversiontherapy.scot · Jul 11

This is not contestable. Coercion or pressure with the intent to change or repress someone's sexuality or gender identity is the very definition of conversion practices.

That is what the British State, through its police, is now enforcing through investigations and legal threats.

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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · Jul 11

This thread is the reality that me and other parents supporting trans kids are living right now.

The UK is pushing conversion on all trans kids, and directing state violence against anyone who tries to provide the affirmative healthcare and social support that is a basic right for any trans kid.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Jul 11

Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police.

Thank you, Wes Streeting.

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ECT Scotland @endconversiontherapy.scot · Jul 11

This is institutionalised state-enforced conversion practices.

How are we meant to trust that the UK Government intends to deliver an inclusive conversion therapy ban (first promised in 2018 by Theresa May) when they're currently using the police as a weapon to impose it on trans people?

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Jul 11

Incontrovertible evidence, now, of *police* investigating families supporting their kids with gender affirming healthcare in the UK. For trying to do the best for your child, following best practice in most of the world, here you get a visit from the police.

Thank you, Wes Streeting.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Jul 9

In case you missed it: the Wisconsin Supreme Court just upheld a ban on conversion therapy. Huge win for LGBTQ rights.

newrepublic.com/post/197704/...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Clears Way to Ban Conversion Therapy

The state Supreme Court delivered a huge win for LGBTQ people.

newrepublic.com

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · Jun 28

Our joint letter to the Council of Europe, asking them to urgently conduct a report into trans human rights in the UK.

Sent alongside:

@transactualuk.bsky.social
@lgbtiscotland.bsky.social
@scottishtrans.bsky.social
@transsafety.network
@networkgender.bsky.social

To the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and the Sub-Committee on Human Rights,

The undersigned are organisations which advocate for the human rights of trans people in the United Kingdom. We are writing to express our grave concerns about the developing situation regarding trans people's human rights in this country and to ask the Committee to take action.

Following a decision of the UK Supreme Court in April, the Equality and Human Rights Commission - the UK's National Human Rights Institution - has issued an interim update which encourages and in some cases mandates the exclusion of trans people from single-sex spaces and services, in violation of their human rights. This has been followed by draft guidance which seeks to make such an approach statutory. The EHRC has made clear that it is not seeking input on its legal approach, only on how this approach is best communicated.

The draft guidance, if it were to become law, would impose an obligation on employers and service providers to implement a bathroom ban on trans people using toilet and changing facilities in line with their acquired sex, instead requiring in practice that they use only gender neutral facilities. Such gender neutral facilities are frequently unavailable, and mandating their usage may require trans people to out themselves. The guidance would also prohibit associations for women and lesbians operating on a basis which would allow trans women to participate, even if the association desires to do so. This would also be true for men's organisations wanting to include trans men.

This draft guidance is being consulted on in the wider context following For Women Scotland, in which government ministers and public bodies have made comments about trans people's rights. The UK Minister for Women and Equalities has stated that trans people are required to use the toilets associated with their sex as recorded at birth, even where their change in sex is recognised by a Gender Recognition Cer…

In Christine Goodwin v UK, the European Court of Human Rights held that refusing to legally recognise the lived sex of trans people and placing them into an 'intermediate zone' where they are not quite one sex or the other was a violation of their right to respect for private life under Article 8 of the Convention. This protection was reaffirmed by the Court in the very recent decision of T.H. It is a core principle of the Convention that rights must be practical and effective, not theoretical and illusory.

We believe that in the UK, trans people are being returned to this 'intermediate zone', placing the State - once again - in violation of its positive obligations under the Convention. The legal recognition afforded by Gender Recognition Certificates is now illusory, and inapplicable to practical lived realities of trans people in this country.

We ask that the Council of Europe take immediate action to protect the human rights of trans people in the UK. We ask that you conduct a report into the state of trans human rights in the UK. We note that the situation is urgent and that without intervention, it seems likely to further deteriorate.

Kind regards,

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance

TransActual

Equality Network and Scottish Trans

Trans Safety Network

Feminist Gender Equality Network

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