ALMOST half of Scotland’s LGBT people have experienced depression in the last year, research reveals today.

Equality charity Stonewall Scotland found that 49 per cent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have suffered from the mental health condition — including more than seven in 10 transgender people.

The research, based on YouGov polling of more than 1,250 LGBT people in Scotland, found nearly a quarter (24 per cent) have witnessed discrimination or negative remarks being made against LGBT people by healthcare staff, while one in six (16 per cent) have deliberately harmed themselves in the last year.