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1 See the Glossary for an explanation of terms.
2 Public Attitudes to Discrimination in Scotland: 2006. C Bromley, J Curtice and L Given, Scottish Government Social Research, 2007.
3 Engendered Penalties: Transgender and Transsexual People's Experiences of Inequality and Discrimination. S Whittle, L Turner and M Al-Alami, The Equalities Review, 2007.
4 Towards a Healthier LGBT Scotland. NHS Inclusion Project, 2003.
5 First Out. Beyond Barriers, 2002.
6 " Something to tell you." N Coia et al, 2002.
7 There are no comparable national figures for self-harm rates among young people; 2003 data from The Samaritans found that one in ten young people under 16 in the UK have deliberately harmed themselves, with females 4 times more likely to have self-harmed than males.
8 Public Attitudes to Discrimination in Scotland: 2006. C Bromley, J Curtice and L Given, Scottish Government Social Research, 2007.
9 Profiles of Prejudice. Stonewall, 2001.
10 In the Equality Network's 2006 consultation with LGBT people in Scotland, on their equality priorities for 2007-10, the four most frequently raised issues were inclusive education, same-sex marriage, changing public attitudes and hate crime.
11 Introducing a statutory aggravation would mean that if any criminal offence was motivated by, or accompanied by an expression of, malice and ill-will on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, then that factor must be taken into account by the judge when sentence is being considered.
12 Scottish Budget Spending Review, 2007.
13 Ageism: Too Costly to Ignore. Employers Forum on Age, 2001.
14 Bargaining for lesbian, gay and bisexual workers rights. UNISON factsheet, April 2007.
15 The Rise of the Creative Class: Why Cities without Gays and Rock Bands are Losing the Economic Development Race. Richard Florida, Washington Monthly, May 2002.
16 Poverty and social exclusion of lesbians and gay men in Glasgow. Glasgow Women's Library, 1999.
17 Towards a Healthier LGBT Scotland.NHS Inclusion Project, 2003.
18 The Cost of Homophobia. Literature Review of the Economic Impact of Homophobia on Canada. C Banks, 2001.
19 First Out. Beyond Barriers, 2002.
20 Sexual Orientation Research Phase 2: The Future of LGBT Research - Perspectives of Community Organisations. Scottish Executive Social Research, 2003.
21 Manifesto 2007. Scottish National Party, 2007 p. 67.
22 LGBT Community Needs Assessment Report. S Aitken, S Kealey and R Adamson, LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing, 2007.
23 Sexual Orientation research phase three - a stocktake of local authority policy and practice. Scottish Executive Social Research, 2006.
24 Six strands includes '"gender and gender identity".
25 See 'Religion and Belief' and 'Citizenship and Social Capital' sections for details of other recommended web-based resources.
26 See Appendix 1.
27 Lavender Road to Success. Kirk Snyder, 2003.
28 The Pink Ceiling is Too Low. Jude Irwin, Australian Centre for Lesbian and Gay Research, University of Sydney, 1999.
29 Attitudes to Discrimination in Scotland: 2006. Scottish Government Social Research, 2007.
30 Living together - British attitudes to lesbian and gay people. Stonewall, 2007.
31 Caused by the Clause. Stonewall Scotland, November 2000.
32 e.g. the Stonewall Scotland/Scottish Inter Faith Council project promoting the Employment Equality Regulations.
33 See 'Workplaces and Public Services' and 'Citizenship and Social Capital' sections for details of other recommended web-based resources.
34 Promoting Equal Opportunities in Education - Project Two: Guidance On Dealing With Homophobic Incidents: Phase 1 Report and Recommendations.LGBT Youth Scotland research report for the Scottish Executive Education Department, June 2006.
35 Examples can be found on the Anti-Bullying Network website at http://www.antibullying.net/homophobic2.htm
36 http://www.declarationofmontreal.org
37 http://www.yogyakartaprinciples.org/principles_en.htm
38 Phase 1 research report - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/05/25091604/0
39 http://www.seemescotland.org.uk
40 http://www.zerotolerance.org.uk
41 http://www.stonewallcymru.org.uk/cymru/english/LookOut/
42 http://www.seemescotland.org.uk
43 Fairness and freedom: the final report of the Equalities Review. The Equalities Review, 2007. (This report explored attitudes towards lesbian and gay equality alone, rather than lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.)
44 'Cop: I'm a law-dee! Sarge to return from leave in a skirt', Sun, 23 January 2007.
45 Largs and Millport Weekly News, 19 August 2005.
46 Edinburgh Evening News, 5 October 2005.
47 e.g. 'Sexual health services may drive away embarrassed teenagers', Scotsman, 9 August 2006; 'Rights on the agenda for LGBT workers', Scotsman, 30 June 2006; 'Gay murder: teenager jailed for hate attack', Herald, 12 November 2007.
48 e.g. 'Lesbo rage', Sun, 13 April 2007; 'Anger over Executive's £15m funding for gays and gypsies', Daily Mail, 5 March 2007.
49 Engendered Penalties: Transgender and Transsexual People's Experiences of Inequality and Discrimination. S Whittle, L Turner and M Al-Alami. Crown Copyright 2007.
50 Office for National Statistics, 2005.
51 Transgender Experiences in Scotland. Scottish Transgender Alliance research report summary published November 2007. (Full research report to be published in March 2008).
52 See 'Religion and Belief' and 'Workplaces and Public Services' sections for details of other recommended web-based resources.
53 http://www.seemescotland.org.uk
54 Definitions of personal, cultural and structural discrimination are adapted from N. Thompson (1998) Promoting Equality: Challenging Discrimination and Oppression in the Human Services London: MacMillan.
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