Gay rights in scotland
Church of Scotland to Debate Gay Marriage: Is it a Human Right?
The Church of Scotland may soon open its doors to gay marriages, as the Kirk’s General Assembly is set to debate a inform recommending it.
It will be presented by the Theological Forum of the Church of Scotland, a leading voice for change within the Church. The report argues that the Church should apologise for a history of discrimination against gay people. It states:
We have often failed to recognise and safeguard the identity and Christian vocation of gay people and believe that the Church as a whole should acknowledge its faults
Supporters see the report as an important step forward for gay rights in Scotland. Today, 24 countries around the globe let same-sex marriage in at least some reigons. There’s also growing international acceptance of gay rights. But is gay marriage a human right?
Gay Marriage in the UK
Same-sex marriage is a devolved issue in the United Kingdom, vanishing each country to build their own decision about its legality. In 2004, same-sex couples were allowed to enter Civil Partnerships, which gave the equal rights and responsibilities as marriage. For many people, this stil
LGBT in Scotland - Hate Crime (2017)
- One in five LGBT people (20 per cent) have experienced a hate crime or incident due to their sexual orientation and/or gender self in the last 12 months.
- Almost half of trans people (48 per cent) have experienced a hate crime or incident because of their gender persona in the last 12 months
- More than four in five LGBT people (87 per cent) who experience a abhor crime or incident did not state the incident to the police.
- One in eight LGBT people (13 per cent) who visited a café, restaurant, prevent or nightclub in the last 12 months have been discriminated against based on their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
LGBT in Scotland - Hate Crime and Discrimination is Stonewall' Scotland's new explore highlighting the shocking levels of animosity crime and discrimination that LGBT people still face in Scotland today.
Based on YouGov polling of 1,260 LGBT people in Scotland, the research reveals that anti-LGBT abuse extends far beyond acts of hate and violence on our streets. Many LGBT people still endure poor treatment while using public services and going about their lives, whether in their local sho
Why do we call a timeline of LGBT+ history in Scotland?
Welcome to our timeline of LGBT+ History in Scotland!
Why have we written this? Because it’s LGBT+ History month. Because it’s appealing. And because we want to produce sure everyone is represented in Scotland’s history and heritage.
Another reason is that sometimes when we post about this topic on our digital channels, we get comments from people who look to think that LGBT+ folk include suddenly emerged in the last ten years. This is not the case.
The difficulty we acquire with researching LGBT+ history is that people living in the past didn’t identify with the language we operate today. That means it can grab a little bit of work to find them. We’ve tried to locate as many stories as we can to give you an accurate timeline of LGBT+ history in Scotland, but if we’ve missed anyone or made any mistakes please let us know.
1580s – 1800s
1586: “Poem 49” of the Maitland Quarto manuscript is published. This lesbian love poem written in Scots is among the earliest instances of sapphic verse in any language in Europe since Sappho herself. Although anonymous, the poem was almost d
The Scottish LGBT Equality Report
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The Scottish LGBT Equality Report is a state of the nation report on lesbian, gay, multi-attracted and transgender (LGBT) people’s experiences of inequality in Scotland.
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Published by the Equality Network in July 2015 it is the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, based on a survey of 1052 respondents from across every part of the country.
The report reveals that that despite recent advances in the law and social attitudes LGBT people still confront widespread inequality in Scotland.
The report’s findings include that 89% of LGBT people believe Scotland still has a problem with inequality, and 94% say that more needs to be done to tackle the day-to-day prejudice and discrimination that LGBT people continue to face.
97% of LGBT people in Scotland have personally faced prejudice or discrimination, including 79% within the last year and 49% within the last month alone. Incidents reported by LGBT people ranged from homophobic, biphobic and transphobic comments and attitudes (82%), to acts of verbal (68%), physical (16%) and sexual overuse (7%), crimes ag