The draft bill also includes the discredited concept of these practices involving "causing to have a trans identity" - and similar for non-heterosexual orientations. There are no such conversion practices. Conversion practices are anti-LGBTQ+ abuse. The idea of pro-LGBTQ+ conversion is a myth.

The latest Scottish parliamentary election delivered a significant majority in support of LGBTQ+ rights and a ban on conversion practices. Now it is time to deliver, no more delays. The Scottish people have spoken. They have backed inclusion and rejected the politics of hate.

Thank you to the candidates who pledged to back our campaign and have been elected to the Scottish Parliament as our MSPs! We look forward to working with you as champions of delivering LGBTQ+ liberation over the next five years.

Tomorrow we hope that Scotland will deliver a majority to deliver a ban on conversion practices within the first term of the new Scottish Parliament. The time for delay is over. We can finally end this abuse. Find our analysis of party manifestos here: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

Our final announcement of candidate pledges before polls open tomorrow! We are still open to further pledges and will update our website ASAP with any incoming pledges from candidates. Find our candidates and constituency here: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

With just over a week to go our numbers are continuing to rise - - @ch1453.bsky.social - Ross Stalker - @mareetodd.bsky.social - @qmanivannan.bsky.social - @houstinium.bsky.social - William Linegar

A mix from the three top manifesto parties today: - @ross-greer.bsky.social - @paulinestaffordsnp.bsky.social - Jack Clark - @benmacpherson.bsky.social - @caronmlindsay.bsky.social - @clarehaugheysnp.bsky.social Find your candidates: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

Our manifesto week pledges! The next eight candidates who have signed up to all three of our campaign pledges for the Scottish Parliamentary elections. Find your candidates and ask them to sign: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

We have reviewed every published manifesto for the Scottish Parliamentary elections. Four parties have positive manifestos: - @scottishgreens.org - @snp.org - @scotlibdems.org.uk - @equalityparty.bsky.social Listed by their score from our analysis. endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

Better news with the next major party manifesto launch today - with nearly full marks to the @scottishgreens.org. The Scottish Greens are also the leading party for candidate pledges, with nearly 20% of their candidates backing the campaign! Contact your candidates and ask them to pledge.

Unfortunately as the first election manifestos have been unveiled it has not been positive news for our campaign. After the Family Party - The Scottish Labour Party manifesto is clearly hostile to our existence in public life and society, with segregationist policy announced even to "everyday life"

One week into the campaign and we're starting to get more candidates coming forward to back our campaign. With 8 new candidates the statistics by party are: 6 @scottishgreens.org 5 @snp.org 2 @scotlibdems.org.uk 1 Independent

Our first six signatories of our pledge for the Scottish Parliamentary elections 2026. Find our full request here: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/... @alexstaniforth.bsky.social @johnredpathsnp.bsky.social @maggiechapman.bsky.social @indymichaelg.bsky.social

Thank you to our long ally in parliament @joefitzsnp.bsky.social for using his last speech in parliament to secure this pledge from the First Minister. A conversion practices ban is ready to deliver in the first year of the next parliament.

Our Holyrood elections 2026 pledge will begin landing in candidate inboxes today. All responses (or lack of) will be recorded on our website. If you are a candidate you can also reach out to us directly with your pledge. You can find our full email here:

This evening we wrote to Scottish ministers after another attack on provision of trans haircare by the UK Government It is vital that the ScotGov now assumes no ban on conversion practices will come from the UK Government. We must provide a safe harbour in Scotland #scottish #scotland #lgbtrights

We met with the Scottish Government and made clear that we were frustrated and disappointed by the decision to drop the conversion practices Bill. But even with this decision they can still act. They can still display they have not abandoned the LGBTQ+ community.

Our statement on the decision by the Scottish Government to drop the bill to ban conversion practices in this parliament.

Today is trans day of remembrance. Trans people are increasingly the targets of abuse and oppression in the form of conversion practices. We can end the scourge of conversion practices in Scotland in 2025. The time has come to deliver.

The proposals for a ban on conversion practices are ready and have been consulted on, the legislation can be brought to parliament this year - instead the Scottish Government has chosen to kick it into the long grass. This should be seen as what it is, a betrayal of LGBTQ+ people.

Our statement on the upcoming Programme for Government from the Scottish Government. It is time to put policy into practice. This year we expect a commitment to deliver the ban. Alt text continued in second image.

FINAL TWO DAYS The consultation on the bill to ban conversion practices in Scotland closes on Tuesday the 2nd of April. Find the guide on responding below. It takes just 5 minutes. Help us deliver an end to this abuse once and for all: www.equality-network.org/cp

Trans people and research about them were a target of the Nazi regime. The Institut für Sexualwissenschaft was a primary target for book burnings. Denying this is a form of Holocaust denial. This should be beneath mockery and contempt. www.hmd.org.uk/resource/6-m...

The next big step towards a ban on conversion practices is coming later this year. The consultation will be an important moment to ensure that this ban is thorough and inclusive ahead of it coming to Parliament next year.