Stonewall responds to the Scottish Government's renewed programme for Government
The Scottish Government must ban conversion practices through prompt legislation to protect LGBTQ+ people from abuse and to secure their equality in a hostile time.
Legislation that bans this abuse across the United Kingdom would be a strong symbol that LGBTQ+ people are not broken and do not need to be fixed.
The text responds positively to the renewed programme of the Scottish Government, which provides for the ending of conversion practices. It emphasises that in a time of increasing hostility towards LGBTQ+ people, prompt action by governments across the United Kingdom is essential. It calls for robust laws to be introduced to ban these practices in order to prevent abuse. The legislation should send the signal that LGBTQ+ people are not broken and do not need to be fixed. In addition, plans to tackle discrimination in education and in hate crime are welcomed. Stonewall reaffirms its long-standing commitment to a discrimination-free society. The text calls for the concerns of affected people to be taken into account in the legislative process. It positions itself as an advocate for equality and protection from prejudice.
Worldview
what this means- What, according to this text, is the root of the evil?
- Pressure on one's own community from outside; Hostility, hatred, the breakdown of community
- Where does the evil reside?
- in the economy, politics, or social structures
- What helps against it?
- just social or political conditions; practical action towards the neighbour, good works
- What is human being according to this text?
- self-determined, the author of one's own actions
- Where is history heading?
- it is getting better, development towards the good
- What does the text base its claim on?
- on personal experience, testimony, encounter
- To whom does the text's call for devotion apply?
- to every human being, regardless of faith
- Where is the text's criticism directed?
- at others, at society, at other groups
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What the text calls for
- Gesetze zum Verbot von Konversionspraktiken einbringen (social)
- Bedienken von LGBTQ+-Personen im Gesetzgebungsprozess berücksichtigen (social)
Measured
- Basic stance
- 1 from -2 to 2
- Insistence
- 2 of 3
- Reach
- 4 of 5
- Concreteness
- 2 of 3
- Boundary
- 1 of 3
- Time
- past 1, present 3, future 2