Non-binary people's experiences in Scotland: evidence review
Presents evidence which offers useful insight into the experiences of non-binary people in Scotland. Primarily, the evidence suggests that non-binary people face discrimination in multiple sectors of society such as education, communities, work, benefits and housing.
Human Rights - Legislation
The following chapter focusses on legislation and service provision which are classified as Human Rights under the National Performance Framework[90].
In ‘Non-Binary People’s Experiences in the UK[91] (2016), Scottish Trans found that the majority of respondents (64%) would like to be able to have their legal gender/sex recorded as something other than ‘male’ or ‘female’ on documents such as birth certificates, passports and drivers licenses, 16% were unsure, 14% would like to change it on some documents but not others, and 6% did not want this option.
In addition, 14% of respondents mentioned that non-binary people also needed to be covered in anti-discrimination and equality legislation[92]. People particularly mentioned that they would like the Equality Act 2010 to be extended to include other genders such as non-binary[93] and marriage laws being changed to reflect that someone who isn’t a man or a woman may be getting married[94].
More research into how non-binary people’s understanding of human rights legislation in Scotland may be beneficial.
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