Submission Documents: Motion by Councillor Blair Anderson:- "Council recognises that much more needs to be done to ensure that all LGBTQ+ people are able to live healthy, happy, safe and peaceful lives, free from harassment, prejudice and hate. Council believes that public discussion and debate around LGBTQ+ rights in recent years have too often been used as a cover to challenge and undermine the right of LGBTQ+ people to live in peace, with the attacks on trans people often mirroring the homophobic debates of the last century around issues such as Section 28. Council notes that recent years have seen increases in the number of hate crimes reported in Scotland relating to both sexual orientation and transgender identity, with year-on-year increases of 10% and 87% respectively, marking the highest level ever recorded for both categories of hate crime. Council believes that this rise in hate crimes is, at least in part, due to the increasingly hostile nature of public debate around LGBTQ+ rights, and the promotion of homophobic and transphobic misinformation and prejudice by figures in public life. Council mourns the deaths of five people who were murdered in the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which was an LGBTQ+ nightclub; this shooting follows the 2016 shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which led to the deaths of 49 people at the LGBTQ+ nightclub. Council sends its love and solidarity to the LGBTQ+ community in Glasgow, noting that such attacks on LGBTQ+ venues can be particularly traumatic and be felt very personally by LGBTQ+ people regardless of location. Council notes that trans people are particularly at risk of abuse and violence, and recognises that November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which serves as an opportunity to remember and respect trans people whose lives were ended too soon. Council welcomes and celebrates the many local, community-led organisations working to create spaces and provide services for the LGBTQ+ community, such as Bonjour, Category Is Books, Sanctuary Queer Arts, the Small Trans Library Glasgow and others. Council recognises that LGBTQ+ people often face additional barriers when moving through the world and accessing public services, including justice, healthcare, education and sport. Council understands that, for many LGBTQ+ people, there is a long-standing and deep-rooted scepticism towards the police and the justice system, due in large part to historic over-policing of minority groups, systematic cultures of prejudice which exist within those institutions, and lack of care, respect or action for those reporting hate crimes. Council welcomes progress which has been made in recent years on tackling this issue and welcomes the work done to promote the third-party hate crime reporting system, while recognising that there is more progress to be made. Council welcomes the progress that has been made in promoting LGBTQ+ inclusive education in recent years, noting 21 schools across Glasgow are working with or have achieved Charter Status with LGBT Youth Scotland, and that 87 schools across Glasgow are registered on the lgbteducation.scot platform, established following the Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) campaign. Council further believes that education is the best route to building a more inclusive and accepting world, and recognises that more must be done to ensure all young people are able to receive an LGBTQ+ inclusive education. Council notes the widespread criticism of FIFA's decision to award the World Cup to Qatar for their poor record on human rights abuses for LGBTQ+ people. Council recognises that LGBTQ+ people can often be made to feel unsafe, unwelcome or disrespected when engaging in sports. Council celebrates the work being done by groups including LEAP Sports, LGBT Health & Wellbeing, and Pride Sports to promote inclusive sports, with clubs like Glasgow Raptors RFC, Rainbow Glasgaroos, Glasgow FrontRunners offering a welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ people to participate in sports. Council welcomes and looks forward to the introduction of national measures to make life better for LGBTQ+ people, including trans healthcare reform, Gender Recognition Act reform, and a ban on conversion therapy. Council also believes that there is more that can be done at a local level to make life better for LGBTQ+ people in Glasgow. Council therefore: - Affirms the rights of all LGBTQ+ people to live healthy, happy, safe and peaceful lives, free from harassment, prejudice and hate. - Amends the Flag Flying Protocol for the City Chambers to include flying the pride flag on the first and last days of February (LGBTQ+ History Month) and the first and last days of June (LGBTQ+ Pride Month), and flying the trans flag on 31st March (Transgender Day of Visibility) and 20th November (Transgender Day of Remembrance). - Asks the Lord Provost to write to the Governor of Colorado to express Glasgow's condolences following the Club Q shooting, and to arrange for the pride flag to be flown at the City Chambers on December 19th 2022 to honour the lives of those killed in the Club Q shooting one month on from the tragedy. - Asks the relevant Conveners to convene a summit of Glasgow's LGBTQ+ elected representatives, venues, organisations and stakeholders, along with representatives from Police Scotland in Glasgow, to inform the Local Policing Plan and support its development in a way which respects the rights and needs of LGBTQ+ people. - Asks the relevant Conveners to request that the Health and Social Care Partnership, in conjunction with LGBTQ+ people and stakeholders, undertake a review of their policies and practices in relation to the treatment and care of LGBTQ+ people - with particular consideration given to training, communication, and the collection, dissemination and implementation of best practice. - Asks the relevant Conveners, in conjunction with Education Services, the Education, Skills and Early Years Committee, young people and stakeholders, and LGBTQ+ people and stakeholders, to undertake a review of relevant policies and practices in relation to the empowerment and support of LGBTQ+ young people - with particular consideration given to protecting the privacy rights of young people, allowing for the effective reporting of bullying or abuse, and ensuring access to relevant and effective personal, social and health education - with this review to be reported back to the relevant Council body/committee for consideration. - Asks the relevant Conveners, in conjunction with Education Services, the Education, Skills and Early Years Committee, young people and stakeholders, and LGBTQ+ people and stakeholders, to develop an action plan to ensure the highest possible uptake of existing resources for LGBTQ+ inclusive education, with the aim of all schools in Glasgow effectively engaging with both the LGBT Youth Scotland Charter programme and TIE educational resources, with this action plan to be reported back to the relevant Council body/committee for consideration. - Asks the relevant Conveners to request that Glasgow Life, in conjunction with LGBTQ+ people and stakeholders, undertake a review of their policies and practices in relation to the LGBTQ+ people ability to safely use Glasgow Life services and venues. - Asks the Lord Provost to arrange for the pride flag to be flown at the City Chambers on December 18th 2022, the day of the World Cup final, to show solidarity with all LGBTQ+ people living under governments which oppress them and deny them their human rights." 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This is the list of documents available for the submission Motion by Councillor Blair Anderson:- "Council recognises that much more needs to be done to ensure that all LGBTQ+ people are able to live healthy, happy, safe and peaceful lives, free from harassment, prejudice and hate. Council believes that public discussion and debate around LGBTQ+ rights in recent years have too often been used as a cover to challenge and undermine the right of LGBTQ+ people to live in peace, with the attacks on trans people often mirroring the homophobic debates of the last century around issues such as Section 28. Council notes that recent years have seen increases in the number of hate crimes reported in Scotland relating to both sexual orientation and transgender identity, with year-on-year increases of 10% and 87% respectively, marking the highest level ever recorded for both categories of hate crime. Council believes that this rise in hate crimes is, at least in part, due to the increasingly hostile nature of public debate around LGBTQ+ rights, and the promotion of homophobic and transphobic misinformation and prejudice by figures in public life. Council mourns the deaths of five people who were murdered in the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which was an LGBTQ+ nightclub; this shooting follows the 2016 shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which led to the deaths of 49 people at the LGBTQ+ nightclub. Council sends its love and solidarity to the LGBTQ+ community in Glasgow, noting that such attacks on LGBTQ+ venues can be particularly traumatic and be felt very personally by LGBTQ+ people regardless of location. Council notes that trans people are particularly at risk of abuse and violence, and recognises that November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which serves as an opportunity to remember and respect trans people whose lives were ended too soon. Council welcomes and celebrates the many local, community-led organisations working to create spaces and provide services for the LGBTQ+ community, such as Bonjour, Category Is Books, Sanctuary Queer Arts, the Small Trans Library Glasgow and others. Council recognises that LGBTQ+ people often face additional barriers when moving through the world and accessing public services, including justice, healthcare, education and sport. Council understands that, for many LGBTQ+ people, there is a long-standing and deep-rooted scepticism towards the police and the justice system, due in large part to historic over-policing of minority groups, systematic cultures of prejudice which exist within those institutions, and lack of care, respect or action for those reporting hate crimes. Council welcomes progress which has been made in recent years on tackling this issue and welcomes the work done to promote the third-party hate crime reporting system, while recognising that there is more progress to be made. Council welcomes the progress that has been made in promoting LGBTQ+ inclusive education in recent years, noting 21 schools across Glasgow are working with or have achieved Charter Status with LGBT Youth Scotland, and that 87 schools across Glasgow are registered on the lgbteducation.scot platform, established following the Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) campaign. Council further believes that education is the best route to building a more inclusive and accepting world, and recognises that more must be done to ensure all young people are able to receive an LGBTQ+ inclusive education. Council notes the widespread criticism of FIFA's decision to award the World Cup to Qatar for their poor record on human rights abuses for LGBTQ+ people. Council recognises that LGBTQ+ people can often be made to feel unsafe, unwelcome or disrespected when engaging in sports. Council celebrates the work being done by groups including LEAP Sports, LGBT Health & Wellbeing, and Pride Sports to promote inclusive sports, with clubs like Glasgow Raptors RFC, Rainbow Glasgaroos, Glasgow FrontRunners offering a welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ people to participate in sports. Council welcomes and looks forward to the introduction of national measures to make life better for LGBTQ+ people, including trans healthcare reform, Gender Recognition Act reform, and a ban on conversion therapy. Council also believes that there is more that can be done at a local level to make life better for LGBTQ+ people in Glasgow. Council therefore: - Affirms the rights of all LGBTQ+ people to live healthy, happy, safe and peaceful lives, free from harassment, prejudice and hate. - Amends the Flag Flying Protocol for the City Chambers to include flying the pride flag on the first and last days of February (LGBTQ+ History Month) and the first and last days of June (LGBTQ+ Pride Month), and flying the trans flag on 31st March (Transgender Day of Visibility) and 20th November (Transgender Day of Remembrance). - Asks the Lord Provost to write to the Governor of Colorado to express Glasgow's condolences following the Club Q shooting, and to arrange for the pride flag to be flown at the City Chambers on December 19th 2022 to honour the lives of those killed in the Club Q shooting one month on from the tragedy. - Asks the relevant Conveners to convene a summit of Glasgow's LGBTQ+ elected representatives, venues, organisations and stakeholders, along with representatives from Police Scotland in Glasgow, to inform the Local Policing Plan and support its development in a way which respects the rights and needs of LGBTQ+ people. - Asks the relevant Conveners to request that the Health and Social Care Partnership, in conjunction with LGBTQ+ people and stakeholders, undertake a review of their policies and practices in relation to the treatment and care of LGBTQ+ people - with particular consideration given to training, communication, and the collection, dissemination and implementation of best practice. - Asks the relevant Conveners, in conjunction with Education Services, the Education, Skills and Early Years Committee, young people and stakeholders, and LGBTQ+ people and stakeholders, to undertake a review of relevant policies and practices in relation to the empowerment and support of LGBTQ+ young people - with particular consideration given to protecting the privacy rights of young people, allowing for the effective reporting of bullying or abuse, and ensuring access to relevant and effective personal, social and health education - with this review to be reported back to the relevant Council body/committee for consideration. - Asks the relevant Conveners, in conjunction with Education Services, the Education, Skills and Early Years Committee, young people and stakeholders, and LGBTQ+ people and stakeholders, to develop an action plan to ensure the highest possible uptake of existing resources for LGBTQ+ inclusive education, with the aim of all schools in Glasgow effectively engaging with both the LGBT Youth Scotland Charter programme and TIE educational resources, with this action plan to be reported back to the relevant Council body/committee for consideration. - Asks the relevant Conveners to request that Glasgow Life, in conjunction with LGBTQ+ people and stakeholders, undertake a review of their policies and practices in relation to the LGBTQ+ people ability to safely use Glasgow Life services and venues. - Asks the Lord Provost to arrange for the pride flag to be flown at the City Chambers on December 18th 2022, the day of the World Cup final, to show solidarity with all LGBTQ+ people living under governments which oppress them and deny them their human rights.".

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