Jamie Greene: ...aware of an important but pertinent amendment of mine that was passed and absorbed into the recent legislation. The amendment places a statutory duty on the Government to report on the placement of transgender prisoners in the prison estate. The SPS review was due last summer. We have no idea why it has been delayed; frankly, its absence has not helped the current situation or helped to...
Jamie Greene: ...every British embassy the world over. It is the party that once committed to gender recognition reform and ending conversion therapy. It is the party whose one-time Prime Minister said that being transgender is not an illness. It is the party that leads popular opinion, not follows it. That is my party and that is why I will support the bill. The world changes, and during the course of...
Jamie Greene: ...up the cases—they are the cases of the Crown versus Barker, McNally, Wilson and Newland. They were trans men who had female partners. In most of those cases, the female partner discovered the transgender identity of the offender only at the point of intercourse. Those people were then duly charged and prosecuted with sexual offences. There was no aggravating factor in that; they were...
Jamie Greene: ...be slightly less contentious. The single amendment in the group is amendment 109, which is on late application for a review of the registrar general’s decision. We know that, unfortunately, many transgender lives can be filled with much disruption and instability due to a wide range of socioeconomic factors. I have spoken to a number of individuals who have already gone through or who...
Jamie Greene: ...member for her intervention. I also believe that, and with good reason. The recent report from Stonewall, which I think was included in briefings that we all received, stated that 72 per cent of transgender people have experienced depression and that—listen carefully to this statistic—more than half of the people whom it surveyed have thought about taking their own life. That is a huge...
Jamie Greene: ...member of Parliament, I have learned a great deal from other members—despite our many political differences—especially those who have been here for multiple terms. I know Mary Fee’s work on transgender rights and the Gypsy Traveller community and I share many of her aims and ambitions on those matters. More specifically, the two votes that she mentioned, of which she is so proud,...
Jamie Greene: ...and colleges. In any group of young people there, one in nine will have attempted suicide, and one in six will have self-harmed, which Monica Lennon referred to. Among the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community, the numbers are even higher. I have lost two friends in my network in just the past three months. I know that because they popped up on Facebook—it is another...
Jamie Greene: ...—has a one-page, 23-line bill caused so much debate and discourse, and attracted so much correspondence and controversy. However, before I get on to the complex issues around sexuality, sex and transgender identity, let us start with the basics. What is a census and what is it for? One definition of “census” is: “the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information...
Jamie Greene: ...are having on many young people in Scotland. It also alluded to differences in the perception of body image among people from ethnic minorities and people in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. It is sad that the survey reported that 38 per cent of adults said that they felt depressed about their body image, and 32 per cent of young people in Scotland thought that images...
Jamie Greene: .... I was very moved by the evidence that we heard. If the sort of language that is directed at the Gypsy Traveller community was directed at the Jewish community, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community or black and minority ethnic communities, there would be a public outcry. Therefore, it is correct to say that it is the last socially acceptable form of racism in Scotland, and...
Jamie Greene: ...and which many stakeholders have pointed out. The stage 1 report says that boards should “reflect Scotland’s rich tapestry of life”, but a rich tapestry is about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, black and minority ethnic people and disabled people. It not just about men and women. Focusing on one protected characteristic over another will not promote true...
Jamie Greene: ...in sport, where the language and imagery of chants have not changed much since my days of educational segregation. It is a blight on our society. Following Monica Lennon’s sad story about a transgender constituent who suffered daily harassment, I pay tribute to my friends in the TIE campaign for their cross-party efforts to tackle such harassment. Like many third sector charities, they...
Jamie Greene: Scotland is in the height of its lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex pride season. Does the First Minister agree that it is unacceptable for schools to deny young people the right to express their identity or support the LGBTI community?
Jamie Greene: ...Scotland. The causes of and reasons for suicide are varied. For example, figures released last year by the time for inclusive education campaign show that a quarter of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community had attempted suicide at least once; a statistic that shocks and deeply saddens me. What actions will the Government take to better identify and improve outreach...
Jamie Greene: ...are training teachers while others are not. Given that the majority of teachers who were polled in the survey feel that they have not been adequately trained to tackle lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in school, what specific plans does the Government have to address that teacher training issue?