Transgender Day of Visibility: FOI release

Information requested

Any correspondence sent to all staff related to or containing the words “Transgender Day of Visibility” between 27 March 2025 and 1 April 2025.

Any costs related to celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility between 27 March 2025 and 1 April 2025. For example, producing posters, hosting an event, sending messages etc.

Response

1. I have enclosed copies of correspondence sent to all staff related to or containing the words “Transgender Day of Visibility” between 27 March 2025 and 1 April 2025:

A) A weekly ‘News in Brief’ published on Saltire, the Scottish Government’s staff intranet, by the Internal Communications Team, Monday 31 March 2025.

B) A post by a member of staff on the All-Company group on Viva Engage on Monday 31 March 2025. An exemption under section 38(1)(b) (Personal Information) of FOISA applies to some of the information requested. This is because it is personal data of a third party and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.

2. The costs related to celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility between 27 March 2025 and 1 April 2025 totals £0.

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