Scottish Labour Against Bigotry

Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions 2026 We are seeking views on proposed changes to the statutory guidance 'Keeping children safe in education' with a view to making changes for September 2026.

The consultation on these guidelines is now open, although there appears to be a problem for some people when they try to complete it. But do please try.

Some folk are comforting themselves that Labour's draft school guidance is a slight improvement over the Tories' original draft, but as it stands it remains incredibly damaging to trans kids' lives and life chances. This thread sets it out starkly.

This means the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice does not accurately reflect the law. Bridget Phillipson must now send it back to the EHRC to be rewritten reflecting the trans-inclusive elements of today’s judgement.

Contrary to the position set out by the EHRC, service providers may allow trans women to use women’s facilities without being forced to open them to cis men. It will likely be unlawful to demand that trans people use services corresponding to their sex as recorded at birth.

Labour for Trans Rights welcomes the High Court’s decision that service providers may continue to operate toilet and changing room facilities on a trans-inclusionary basis.

even a cursory glance at the statistics will tell you this is a pro-rape policy

Plenty of people in Scottish Labour know that this policy and Sarwar's transphobic campaign is disgraceful.
Here's my advice: get rid of him and his cronies.
Take your party back.
Anyone prepared to slander a minority like this is unfit to lead.

Image of the front page of today's Daily Record (2 Feb 2026), showing the headline "WOMEN ONLY Labour chief Sarwar vows to ban all trans prisoners from female jails if he's elected first minister".

The Scottish Prison Service has an effective policy on trans prisoners based on expertise and experience. Folk concerned about women prisoners' safety should look at the stats. Trans people are not, and never have been, the problem. This is reactionary and should have no place in Labour's manifesto.

Screenshot of a Tweet from Jackie Baillie (@jackiebmsp) on Jul 23 2025: The SNP should focus on getting NHS waiting times down rather than wasting taxpayers’ money on tribunals attacking hardworking staff [link to scotsman.com: Here's where the blame for NHS Fife-Sandie Peggie case really lies]

Screenshot of a tweet from Melanie Ward MP (@melanie_ward) on Jul 21, 2025: This morning @clairebakermsp & I met with Sandie Peggie, who I have spoken in support of in Parliament. Sandie has 30 years’ service as a nurse at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy & should never have had to take legal action to uphold her right to change in a single sex space.

Screenshot of a tweet from Joani Reid MP (@JoaniReid) on 8th Dec 2025: What happened to Sandie Peggie was a disgrace. Her harassment has been enabled by a warped NHS culture and fostered by a Scottish Government that refused to listen to women’s concerns. It allowed the ideology of a small group of unrepresentative activists spread like wildfire through our institutions. Those in NHS Fife who played any part in this must be accountable and I struggle to see how they stay in post. They have wasted masses of NHS money on their trans rights crusade. Enough is enough.

Screenshot of a tweet from Holyrood Sources (@HolyroodSources) on 18 Feb 2025: EXCLUSIVE: Anas Sarwar and Jackie Baillie say they support nurse Sandie Peggie. The Scottish Labour leader tells us: "Knowing what we know now, we would not have supported the [Gender Recognition Reform] bill." @CalumAM @akmaciver @geoffaberdein

Jackie Baillie, Mel Ward, Claire Baker, Joani Reid and Anas Sarwar all publicly backed Sandie Peggie in her employment tribunal case.

Yesterday that tribunal ruled that Peggie unlawfully harassed Beth Upton.

Scottish Labour must now apologise to Dr Upton for this catastrophic failure of judgement.

A Labour government passed the Equality Act. A Labour government was in power when the Supreme Court interpreted it to not mean what ministers at the time were clear it was intended to mean. The Labour government response should have been to legislate to fix it. Not doing so was a cowardly betrayal.

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To mark Trans Day of Remembrance @divamag.bsky.social has published an extract from my memoir Her Name Is Alice.

We must keep sharing our stories. Today we remember all the beautiful trans people we have lost. As we remember them
every day. And then we press on. To make things better.

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

"The group has represented clients in the United States who are opposed to abortion, gay and transgender rights and contraception coverage in health care."

Every anti-abortion group is also anti-trans. Period. Support their latter work and you support their former. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

Labour members: Bridget Phillipson is currently soliciting our votes to become the deputy leader of our party. Contact her campaign today at @backbridget.bsky.social or www.backbridget.com to let them know that your vote is contingent on her rejecting the bathroom ban being proposed by the EHRC.

A photograph, taken from X, of Maya Forstater and one other deeply tragic individual pretending to be at the launch of Labour LGB, when they are in fact at the Labour for Trans Rights Conference rally.

I kid you not, over on Twitter Maya Forstater is trying to pass off a photo of herself and just one other transphobe as being from 'the launch of Labour LGB'...

...except it's nothing of the sort. The event they're at is the Labour for Trans Rights rally!

A massive thank you to the organisations supporting our rally this year: @unison.org.uk, @gmb.org.uk, @cwunews.bsky.social, @aslefunion.bsky.social, @ucu.org.uk, @nus-uk.bsky.social and @utaw.tech.

The union movement was built on the principles of solidarity & equality: glad to have you onboard ✊

Trans Solidarity Rally, Tuesday 30th September 12.30-2pm, Room 3A Liverpool ACC (inside secure zone) Speakers: Nadia Whittome MP Dame Emily Thornberry MP Dawn Butler MP Alex Sobel MP Lorraine Beavers MP Yuan Yang MP Steve Race MP Richard Quigley MP Emily Darlington MP Christina McAnea, General Secretary of Unison Mick Whelan, General Secretary of ASLEF Jo Grady, General Secretary of UCU Georgia Meadows, Trans Officer LGBT+ Labour Chloe Brooks, Young Labour LGBT+ Officer Steph Richards, TransLucent Jess Barnard, Labour NEC Saranya Thambirajah, NUS Maria Exall, CWU Phil Jones, Unite Rhea Wolfson, GMB Avery Greatorex plus other speakers TBA Supported by Unison, GMB, CWU, UCU, NUS and UTAW

We're excited to announce the first details of this year's Trans Solidarity Rally at Labour Party Conference - trans allies are here to stay in our labour movement 🏳️‍⚧️

Attending Labour Conference? Put this date in your diary 👇

57% of our members voted to not endorse any candidate, with 43% voting to endorse Lucy Powell. Out of the members who voted in the ballot, 0% voted for Bridget Phillipson.

TUC Congress 2025: Tuesday 9 September - AM YouTube video by Trades Union Congress (TUC)

Yesterday at @tuc.org.uk Congress:

5:18.15: Question to Bridget Phillipson on EHRC guidance which excludes trans people

5:21.00: Answer avoids any reference to the guidance

6:22.47: Debate on Supreme Court ruling motion (congress.tuc.org.uk/motion-07-su...)

6:58.48: Motion carried unanimously

Thanks for your support.

We had a successful launch in February, we got press coverage and developed a network of like-minded people in the party. We are facing much better resourced opponents with practically open access to the press, and a leadership which refuses to engage. You seem to think we should therefore give up?

This is a grassroots members campaign against the Scottish Labour leadership's position on trans rights.

Scottish Labour chiefs lose conference vote for biology-based single-sex spaces - LabourList Scottish Labour’s ruling body has suffered at blow at the party’s annual conference in a row over gender…

The Labour *leadership* has said that. Labour *members* have not, and it's Labour *members* who get to choose the Deputy Leader.

At both of the most recent Scottish Labour conferences, for example, members have voted down leadership-backed anti-trans motions: labourlist.org/2025/02/scot...

Bridget Phillipson says she's running for UK Labour Deputy Leader. She has grossly let down trans people and the wider LGBT community in her role as Equalities Minister. Her appointment of Mary-Ann Stephenson as chair of the EHRC was an act of human rights vandalism. LGBT members cannot support her.

Quite a punchy statement here in response to widespread outrage over LGBT orgs' participation in an event at 10 Downing Street celebrating 50 years of Pride. I have some sympathy with the argument that you have to be in the room to change minds, but that glosses over the reality of this PR exercise.

Graphic with a pink to blue gradient background. It says "New Report: The Erosion of Trans Rights in the UK A Human Rights analysis following the UK Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland LTD V The Scottish Ministers". Below is the Equality Network and Scottish Trans logos

We recently published our report 'The Erosion of Trans Rights in the UK'. The report is a human rights analysis of the various rights that are at risk following the UK Supreme Court judgment and proposed EHRC Code of Practice.

You can read the report here: www.equality-network.org/wp-content/u...

Labour's Endorsement of EHRC Chair Raises Serious Concerns We have serious concerns about the endorsement from the government of Dr. Mary-Ann Stephenson to lead the EHRC.

The #EHRC Chair must be a credible, impartial arbiter of human rights - with a clean record on equalities. Mary-Ann Stephenson cannot be that person.

Read our full statement 👇

www.prideinlabour.org.uk/post/labour-...

We know that the law is not always on the right side of history. The Supreme Court ruling last month does not make public spaces safer for anyone.

UK drops six more places on the ILGA-Europe #RainbowMap to now lie at 22nd, an outlier in Western Europe. The only country to fall further is Orbán's Hungary. Ten years ago the UK was first on this list. Only six years ago it was third. "A co-ordinated global backlash aimed at erasing LGBTI rights."

A number of political party LGBT+ organisations have been expressing regret at the exclusion of party political groups from Pride events this year.

SLAB takes a different view.

It is for Pride organisers to decide who is welcome. If Labour wants to march with Pride again it must change its heart.