Recognising Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance

The motion

That the Parliament recognises 13 to 19 November 2026 as Transgender Awareness Week (TAW), and 20 November as Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR); notes that TAW is intended to increase understanding of trans and non-binary people, highlight their achievements and diversity as a community, and bring attention to the issues that they can face; believes that trans and non-binary people can face many barriers in their daily lives in Scotland, including in employment, housing, across public services, and when it comes to feeling welcome in their local area, as detailed in the Scottish Trans and Non-binary Experiences: Research Report, published by Scottish Trans in July 2024; notes with concern that one of the most significant reported issues that trans and non-binary people face is access to quality and timely care on the NHS; notes Public Health Scotland data published in June 2026, which recorded over 6,000 adults and almost 700 children and young people on waiting lists, with almost one in five of these people having already waited over five years for their first appointment; understands that TDoR, which is marked at the end of TAW, is an international day of mourning, where trans people and allies across the world hold vigils to remember those that they have lost to anti-trans violence, and encourages MSPs, who all have trans and non-binary constituents, and the many MSPs who will have trans and non-binary colleagues, friends and family members, to promote what it sees as the importance of taking actions and decisions all year round to address the discrimination, inequality and violence that trans and non-binary people can face.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SNP 8 Green 3 Lab 2 LD 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S7M-02004 by reference.