Kate Nevens

A comprehensive, watertight ban has been promised again and again, and rather than following through on the promises the Scottish Government made, today’s Programme for Government has delayed it further.

The Scottish Government must offer a clear roadmap for Scotland that protects everyone affected, leaving no loopholes for abuse and ensuring that no-one is left behind.

When the Government finally gets the courage to act on their own commitment, they will have our full support.

Despite supporting our motion [on September 3, 2025 to impose boycotts, divestment and sanctions] SNP Ministers have still not taken any steps towards implementing it.

They need to urgently end all contracts with companies complicit in the genocide, as well as companies involved in the illegal Israeli settlement building programme in the West Bank.

This is a major setback for human rights and a day that many trans people, and those who love them, have been dreading.

The government should scrap this guidance and work with those affected to create a system that protects everyone's safety, dignity and rights.

This guidance is authoritarian and cruel and cements exclusion and segregation.

Trans people want the same thing as everyone else, to live their lives free from prejudice, discrimination and violence.

The UK approach has failed. There can be no more delays and no more kicking it into the long grass.

So-called conversion therapy is a form of torture that has no place in a modern or inclusive Scotland, and yet it continues.

The Scottish Government has made LGBTQ+ people wait for far too long. They promised a watertight ban five years ago, before going back on it and choosing to outsource the work to Westminster.

Far too many people have had to suffer for far too long. They deserve an apology, but they also deserve an end to their pain.