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ScotPAG event at the Scottish Parliament
on Conversion Practices
23 September 2026
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ScotPAG at Parliament
24 September 2026
Carolyn Brown
Retired Depute Principal
Educational Psychologist
"Children in Scottish schools are being told that they can change sex by a process of self-id, affirmation and the promotion of a false concept based on junk science…..this is the real conversion practice that is happening, in plain sight, right now."
June Campbell
Retired Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
"The Bill is a defensive rearguard action to shore up an un-evidenced ideology, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is an attempt to force the public to comply. This is ironic, because this bill, in their own terms, could be described as a ‘conversion practice’ on the electorate.
New from Maggie Mellon, Chair of EBSWA and ScotPAG member
Safeguarding must come first
The draft Conversion Practices Bill risks forcing social workers
to enforce unevidenced beliefs rather than exercise professional judgement
July 2026: We are delighted to be able to share
a new pamphlet that has been prepared and
published by the Scottish Union of Education,
and is authored by two ScotPAG members,
representing Health and Education,
Jenny Cunningham, and Carolyn Brown.
Why Trans Ideology Matters: Social Engineering and Indoctrination in Schools
First Round Table meeting at Holyrood
On 5th March 2026, TessWhite MSP convened & chaired an important first meeting for ScotPAG about the scandalous & harmful embedding of gender ideology & self-id in our Scottish schools. Carolyn Brown, ScotPAG Convenor, introduced the session followed by 3 speakers. Click on links to read their statements to the Scottish Parliament.
Holyrood Round Table
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THE HCPC CONDUCT AND COMPETENCE COMMITTEE IN THE MATTER OF THE HEALTH AND CARE PROFESSIONS COUNCIL and ANNE WOODHOUSE
We are a group of professionals representing the 3 major fields of education, health, and social work, and have come together collaboratively, to share our knowledge and concern about the present modes of understanding and treatment of what has come to be known as 'gender dysphoria', 'gender incongruence', or 'transgender' issues
Our group consists of people who have worked in Clinical Psychology, Education, Educational Psychology, Family Therapy, Medicine, Midwifery, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Paediatrics, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Psychiatry, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Public Health, and Social Work. Collectively we have worked in the NHS, schools, universities, social services, and 3rd sector organisations
As reflected in the 3 intertwined features in our logo, we take the view that a collective, multi-factorial approach is what matters in effectively managing and responding to any issue affecting society and its communities. To this end we are arguing that a public health response is the only way to support children, their families, public services, professional bodies, and society as a whole
Our current convenor is:
Carolyn Brown
Retired Depute Principal Educational Psychologist
A statement on use of language
Gender ideology has generated a range of terminologies causing significant confusion and disagreement. This website acknowledges that such terms as ’trans’, ’transgender’, ’transsexual’ ‘gender dysphoria’ 'gender incongruence’ etc are interpreted differently by different groups and there is no agreement about what any of these definitions (and others) mean.