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Non-Binary Working Group - Crisis Services Sub-Group minutes: 10 February 2022

Minutes from the meeting of the sub-group meeting on 10 February 2022.

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The group discussed:

how trans and non-binary young people interacted with care services
foster care for trans young people and issues relating to sharing of information

developing a recommendation around bullying, which was broad to encompass a variety of experiences
LGBT Youth Scotland had existing recommendations for how to treat LGBT people within care services
developing a recommendation around a scoping exercise for existing services and organisations and how they do or could address the needs of trans and non-binary young people

Government-supported services and taking a gendered approach to this issue.
not wanting to remove the gendered aspects of these services but instead looking at how non-binary people could be included in provision
possible inclusion of transmisogyny in the recommendations
developing a recommendation that would deal with ensuring non-binary people were recognised within gender-based violence services while supporting ring-fenced services for women and girls

incorporating support services for victims of hate crime within the recommendations
SG hate crime work including publishing an action plan and developing a hate crime strategy
trust issues with the police, including whether support could be given to vulnerable people without having to report hate crimes

Action: Neil to come back with more information on discussion topics from justice colleagues.

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