by Rachel Amery, The Scotsman
The Scottish Conservatives say SNP ministers are ‘in thrall’ with Stonewall despite the charity spreading ‘misinformation’.
The Scottish Government says it has “no plans” to withdraw from a Stonewall scheme despite the charity being accused of spreading “misinformation” about the Supreme Court trans ruling.
The Government is part of the LGBT+ charity’s Diversity Champions initiative. For an annual fee of £3,000, members are ranked on their inclusion policies by Stonewall’s workplace equality index.
In 2021 it was revealed employers were given a higher score on this index for demonstrating pro-trans policies such as removing “gendered language”.
Several Whitehall departments, including the Home Office and HM Treasury, left the scheme over the charity’s stance on gender ideology earlier this year.
The Scottish Conservatives say the decision shows how “out of touch” SNP ministers are, particularly after Stonewall claimed the Supreme Court judgement was “not law as of yet”, despite the Equality and Human Rights Commission saying the ruling has “immediate effect”.