'Trans remembrance' flags will now be flown from public buildings
Transgender flags will be flown from government buildings under controversial new guidance.
Official protocol now states that the flag should be raised to commemorate the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Buildings which have only one flagpole should fly the transgender flag instead of the Saltire.
The new guidance comes as the SNP government restated its commitment to funding a scandal-hit gay and transgender rights group for teenagers – which was once led by a paedophile.
Scottish Tory equalities spokesman Tess White said: ‘Hard-pressed Scots rightly expect scarce resources to be spent on tackling issues such as cost of living, healthcare and education, not on debates about what type of flag is flown.’
The government guidelines state that the transgender flag should be flown on November 20 to commemorate transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
Both the transgender flag and the Saltire should be raised if the building ‘has two or more flagpoles’.
Meanwhile, equalities minister Kaukab Stewart backed LBGT Youth Scotland (LGBTYS) –despite a charity boss quitting in disgust over its funding.
Latest guidance says the transgender flag, above, should be flown on November 20
Tory equalities spokesman Tess White says Scots don't want flag debates
Rosie Millard dramatically quit as chairman of the BBC’s Children in Need charity last month after claiming there had been ‘institutional failure’ over grants it had awarded to LGBTYS.
The SNP’s renewed statement of support for LGBTYS came in a document on the rights of non-
binary people (who identify as neither male or female) which vowed to make it easier for them to access public buildings – but failed to explain why they could not already enter them.
An update on a plan to boost non-binary rights published by Ms Stewart states that the SNP government will ‘continue to fund LGBT Youth Scotland… to deliver support to LGBTQI+ people experiencing gender-based violence’.
The Mail revealed in September that Children in Need had axed funding for LGBTYS amid a row over a ‘coming-out guide’ for pupils co-authored by a convicted paedophile.
No one was available for comment at LGBTYS.
Scottish Government officials confirmed that ‘flags are to be flown on
Transgender Remembrance Day in line with the guidance you have linked to’.
A spokesman said: ‘The Scottish Government is committed to supporting LGBTQI+ young people, including through funding LGBT Youth Scotland.
‘This is particularly important at a time when we are seeing a rise in attacks against the LGBTQI+ community.’
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