This week, we sit down with legendary LBGT+ activist Tim Hopkins, to explore how campaigners used the law to achieve equality for LGBT+ people in Scotland, from the 1980s to the present. Tim shares his insights and wisdom from over thirty years of campaigning - against the notorious Section 28 law in the 1980s, to organising the first Pride March in Scotland in the 1990s, to leading the Equality Network for 14+ years, and finishing with the modern day struggles of trans and non-binary people to achieve equal dignity under the law.
Additional resources for this episode are linked below:
Legislation
Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, Section 80(1)
Equality Act 2010
Gender Recognition Act 2004
Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Historic Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards)(Scotland) Act 2018
Local Government Act 1988
Legal Cases
For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16
For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2023] CSIH 37
For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2022] CSIH 4
Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza [2004] UKHL 30
Goodwin v United Kingdom (Application no. 28957/95)
P v S and Cornwall County Council, Case C-13/94 [1996]
Smith and Grady v United Kingdom (Application nos. 33985/96 and 33986/96)
Sutherland v United Kingdom (Application no. 25186/94)
Wilde, Greenhalgh, Parry v United Kingdon (Application no. 22382/93)
Media Clips
Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Party Speech, 9 October 1987
Rishi Sunak, Speech, 5 October 2023
Other Resources
Equality Network
LGBT Youth Scotland
Scottish Trans
Time for Inclusive Education (TIE)
TransActual - Critiques of the Cass Review
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