RAINBOW Greens, the LGBT+ wing of the Scottish Greens, have launched a petition which calls into question the future of the Bute House…
On Thursday, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde – the health board which runs Scotland’s only gender identity clinic for under-18s – announced that it would be pausing the prescription of puberty blockers to young people.
Dr Hilary Cass’s report made a series of recommendations of what should change in trans healthcare for under-18s provided by the NHS in England –The Rainbow Greens organised a protest in Glasgow’s George Square following NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde’s announcement and echoed a statement released by the charity Scottish Trans, who said they believed it was “the wrong decision”.
Now, Rainbow Greens have published an open letter to Scottish Green party members calling for an extraordinary general meeting to take place in order to discuss the future of the Bute House Agreement. “Trans patients have been forced to languish on years-long waiting lists or go private at considerable expense.”
Scottish Green MSP Gillian Mackay said: “Trans rights are human rights, and we are very concerned about the decision announced by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the potential impacts it will have on young people.
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