Scotland passes Europe’s most trans-friendly hate crime bill
June 4th, 2009 by Rosie
The Scottish Parliament has voted unanimously to pass a new hate crime bill.
The Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Bill will ensure that homophobic, transphobic and disability-related hate crime is taken as seriously as racist and religious hate crime.
This is the first transgender-inclusive hate crime bill in Europe, and has the most inclusive definition of transgender identity in any European legislation.
It is also the first Member’s Bill in the Scottish Parliament to be passed unanimously by all MSPs with no amendments proposed at any stage.
The bill is likely to come into effect towards the end of 2009.
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