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SCOTTISH LABOUR
LGBTI MANIFESTO
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HOW WE WILL ACHIEVE
EQUALITY FOR LGBTI PEOPLE
Scotland has come a long way in creating a more equal society for the LGBTI community,
particularly with the passing of equal marriage legislation, but we have further to go to be trulyinclusive. Labour wants a Scotland where being LGBTI is no barrier to getting on in life.
LGBTI People and Opportunity
There is still signicant discrimination in
Scotland being experienced by LGBTI
people. We cannot allow this to continue
and must challenge attitudes right acrossScotland to end stigmatisation and
prejudice.
Our plan
• We will ensure that LGBTI equality is not
simply a cause in Scotland, but challenge
LGBTI inequality internationally, particularly
with those countries Scotland trades with.
• We will ensure that the professionals whowork with our young people can provide
support, tackle bullying and respond to
homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. We
support the Time for Inclusive Education
campaign. We will provide a strategy which
will underpin this ambition, deliver an update
to the Toolkit for Teachers, and set out clear
standards detailing how best to meet their
needs and support LGBTI young people.
• We will support the inclusion of LGBTI issues
in consent and relationships education inschools.
• We will ensure that all young people,
regardless of location, will have access to
consistent sex education which considers
LGBTI relationships and sexual health.
• We will ensure that training and skills
development across all industries is open to
LGBTI people without fear of discrimination.
LGBTI People and Public Life
Scotland can be proud of its record
in Parliament of LGBTI leaders and
positive attitudes towards LGBTI policy
- making. However, on the ground thereis signicant work to be done to address
issues of under-representation.
Our plan
• We will ensure all elected ocials in
Parliament and in local authorities are
trained on understanding LGBTI issues.
• We will conduct national research on public
attitudes to the LGBTI community to assistpolicy making.
• We are committed to delivering public
services which support and engage with
LGBTI communities, staed by professionals
who are responsive to health needs.
• We will support and advocate LGBTI
role models in public life to inspire and
encourage young LGBTI people.
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LGBTI People and Justice
A third of LGBTI people feel unable to
report a hate crime to the police. This
illustrates a lack of faith in our justice
system which we must change. We must
ensure we are fullling our duty to every
individual in Scotland and ensure our
legislation is inclusive of the needs of all.
Our plan
• We will train police and frontline sta
on unconscious bias and how to tackle
homophobia and transphobia.
• We will support third party hate crime
reporting centres.
• We will support LGBTI organisations to
run a national campaign to encourage
people to understand what a hate crime
is and how to report it.
• We will ensure that mixed sex couples
also have the ability to have civil
partnerships so that we have true
marriage equality in Scotland.
• Scotland’s young people who wish to
seek legal recognition of the gender they
live would be entitled to do so from the
age of 16 under Scottish Labour.• We will adopt a zero-tolerance approach
to hate crime, particularly that which
is motivated by religion, race, sexual
orientation and gender identity.
LGBTI People and the Economy
Our economy needs to work for everyone
and a key part of that is ensuring our
workplaces are fully inclusive.
1 in 4 LGBTI people have experienced
discrimination in the workplace and
60% do not feel comfortable being open
about their sexuality at work.
This must change.
Our plan
• We will promote and encourage
businesses and the public sector to have
full diversity on their boards.
• We will work with LGBTI organisations
to encourage employers to take part in
LGBTI training.
• We will support LGBTI business role
models to tackle negative attitudes in the
workplace.
• We will encourage organisations and
commercial companies to use more
inclusive language when asking about
gender identity on forms and online
systems.
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LGBTI People and HealthDiscrimination and prejudice can have an
adverse eect on an individual’s mental
health. We need a healthcare system
that understands this and can provide
early intervention and support for LGBTI
people. We need an NHS t for the 21st
century that can meet the needs of LGBTI
individuals.
Our plan
• We will give frontline sta and mental
health workers will be given LGBTI
specic training.
• We will ensure LGBTI issues are
included in Scotland’s mental health
strategy.
• We will improve waiting times with
new targets for Scotland’s gender
identity services.
• Review the 12 month waiting period
for gay men to donate blood.
• We will change the law to provide
legal recognition for people who do
not identify as men or women and
remove the psychiatric diagnosis
requirement from legal gender
recognition process.
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