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Written Question · S3W-32749 · Session 3

Whether it will outline the steps it has taken to progress equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people since May 2007.

Answered Asked by George Foulkes Lab Lodged 24 Mar 2010

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline the steps it has taken to progress equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people since May 2007.

The answer

Answered by Alex Neil on 12 Apr 2010 · 19 days after it was lodged, on time

In 2008, the Scottish Government welcomed the report of the Hearts and Minds Agenda Group which had considered ways of tackling negative and discriminatory attitudes towards LGBT people and which made a number of recommendations:
http://sh45inta/Publications/2008/02/19133153/0.
The Scottish Government responded positively to the vast majority of recommendations in its response published later that year http://sh45inta/Publications/2008/11/04154235/0.
This report is a very important and wide ranging document, which has the potential to be the catalyst for changes in negative attitudes towards LGBT people.
The Scottish Government is working in conjunction with the three national LGBT organisations (Stonewall, Equality Network and LGBT Youth) and the Scottish Transgender Alliance to challenge stereotypes, address negative attitudes held in respect of LGBT people and promote the inclusion of this marginalized community. Through these organisations, we are funding nine projects which are working towards achieving this aim.
Furthermore, there has been ministerial presence at a number of events in the last few years, including Ms Sturgeon receiving the Scottish Workplace Equality Index Award from Stonewall Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government (February 2009) and her attendance at Pride in Glasgow (August 2008); Ms Robison''s launching LGBT History Month 2009 in Dundee (February 2009), and Mr Neil who hosted an LGBT Equality Seminar in Brussels (September 2009). The Scottish Government also funds LGBT Youth''s History Month project which, in 2010, celebrated its fifth successful year.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-32749 by reference.