ECT Scotland
@endconversiontherapy.scot
The Campaign to Ban Conversion therapy in Scotland | GET INVOLVED: https://linktr.ee/ectscotland
Trans children are being faced with a choice, one enforced by legal threats funded by a billionaire to bully the organisations that have included them for so long - get back into the closet or be cut off from society.
No one wants this other than those consumed by hatred - backed by extreme wealth.
No one wants this other than those consumed by hatred - backed by extreme wealth.
Trans children denied participation in society because of the Supreme Court and EHRC. To attack us adults is one thing but to attack children is another. The UK needs to lose its GANHRI A accreditation.
#LeaveTransKidsAlone
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
#LeaveTransKidsAlone
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
Statement for members on our equality and diversity policy
An update on our equality and diversity policy following the Supreme Court decision of April 2025
www.girlguiding.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Trans children are being faced with a choice, one enforced by legal threats funded by a billionaire to bully the organisations that have included them for so long - get back into the closet or be cut off from society.
No one wants this other than those consumed by hatred - backed by extreme wealth.
No one wants this other than those consumed by hatred - backed by extreme wealth.
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Twenty-two years ago today Section 28 was repealed.
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
1/8🧵
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
1/8🧵
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Twenty-two years ago today Section 28 was repealed.
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
1/8🧵
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
1/8🧵
When the Pope can treat trans people with humanity there is a message sent.
That message is important, especially here in Scotland where over 1 in 8 people are Catholic.
That message is important, especially here in Scotland where over 1 in 8 people are Catholic.
NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
When the Pope can treat trans people with humanity there is a message sent.
That message is important, especially here in Scotland where over 1 in 8 people are Catholic.
That message is important, especially here in Scotland where over 1 in 8 people are Catholic.
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We wanted to share some more updates following April’s Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010, and some ways that you can help.
Read our full update here: www.scottishtrans.org/supreme-cour...
Read our full update here: www.scottishtrans.org/supreme-cour...
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We wanted to share some more updates following April’s Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010, and some ways that you can help.
Read our full update here: www.scottishtrans.org/supreme-cour...
Read our full update here: www.scottishtrans.org/supreme-cour...
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...
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
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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...
www.gov.scot/publications...
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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...
www.scottishtrans.org/scottish-tra...
September 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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...
www.scottishtrans.org/scottish-tra...
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-...
"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.
goodlawproject.org
August 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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-...
"Schools are still under a legal obligation to ensure appropriate provision is provided, and that trans kids feel safe."
goodlawproject.org/what-have-i-...
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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
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
August 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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
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
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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
Let us know at: tinyurl.com/ReportALoo
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT
August 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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
Let us know at: tinyurl.com/ReportALoo
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT
We cannot trust the UK Government to deliver a ban.
The Scottish Government must deliver on its promises.
The Scottish Government must deliver on its promises.
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.
August 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We cannot trust the UK Government to deliver a ban.
The Scottish Government must deliver on its promises.
The Scottish Government must deliver on its promises.
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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
August 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Exclusive - Spending by so-called 'conversion therapy' groups has increased by 165% since the government first promised to ban the ‘cruel and abusive’ practice
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“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
📰 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
August 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
“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
📰 Our long-read interview in @scotnational.bsky.social
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“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
📰 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
July 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“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
📰 Read our feature interview with @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social in The Herald
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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.
Thank you, London Trans+ Pride.
July 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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.
Thank you, London Trans+ Pride.
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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...
"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
July 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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...
"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...
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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...
Read more on our website: www.scottishtrans.org/children-and...
July 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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...
Read more on our website: www.scottishtrans.org/children-and...
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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.
This story describes the abuse and extremism beneath the surface, and the harm such families are doing to trans adolescents and young adults.
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
@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
July 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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.
This story describes the abuse and extremism beneath the surface, and the harm such families are doing to trans adolescents and young adults.
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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.
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
@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
July 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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.
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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
@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
July 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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
@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
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.
We hope English education resists this new Section 28. We know how much damage was done by the first.
🆕🚨 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 🧵
- 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 🧵
July 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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.
We hope English education resists this new Section 28. We know how much damage was done by the first.
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🍎 "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/
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
July 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🍎 "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/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/my-life-as-a-transgender-teacher-as-we-enter-a-new-era-of-section-28/
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‘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/
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
July 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
‘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/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/conversion-therapy-groups-spend-2m-on-lobbying-and-promoting-practice-in-soaring-costs-since-promise-to-ban-the-abusive-practice/
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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.
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.
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.
Thank you, Wes Streeting.
July 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
Thank you, Wes Streeting.
July 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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?
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?