THE Scottish government must ensure that LGBT+ rights are not forgotten or pushed back again, trade unionists have demanded.

Ahead of its 10th annual conference this weekend, the STUC’s LGBT+ workers’ group said that Scotland’s most diverse parliament must champion issues affecting LGBT+ workers. 

The committee says that dithering and delay has helped create a toxic environment that has “pushed trans rights back further in Scotland.”

This year’s chair, Willie Docherty, said that there could be no caveats in the laws banning so-called conversion therapy that would allow perpetrators to slip through the net. 

The move has been backed by STUC general secretary Roz Foyer, who said that trade unions have a proud history of championing equality. 

She said: “The STUC supports the committee’s drive for [reform to] the Gender Recognition Act and a real end to conversion therapy. 

“We have a collective responsibility to stand with all our LGBT+ comrades, to protect and advance their rights in Scotland and around the world.”