The cash in part funds its schools scheme which has seen pupils across Scotland, including in primaries, appointed “LGBT Champions”.
Ms Gilruth claimed that it was for schools to decide for themselves whether to sign up to the charity’s scheme, but added that LGBT school clubs helped create “inclusive” environments.
Meghan Gallacher, the Scottish Tory deputy leader, said parents had been “outraged” by materials distributed by LGBT Youth Scotland.
She also raised the account of a parent, reported in The Telegraph, who claimed her daughter had been “radicalised” by trans ideology after joining her school’s LGBT club.
The child began living as a boy, a decision kept from the parents by the school, but she quickly reverted to her birth sex after being sent to a private school in England, the mother said.
Ms Gallacher said: “LGBT Youth Scotland’s ideological and dogmatic response to the Cass review sums up why many are extremely concerned about their continued influence on kids in our schools.”
Kicking the can
Meanwhile, the SNP was accused of failing to set out a substantive response to the landmark report by Dr Cass, after it announced a clinical group would be set up to consider how her findings might apply in Scotland.
Ms Gallacher said a long-awaited ministerial statement amounted to “kicking the can down the road and stalling for more time” in a bid to appease the Scottish Greens, the SNP’s coalition partners who have also attempted to rubbish the report.
The chief medical officer, Sir Gregor Smith, is to set up a “new multi-disciplinary team” to examine Dr Cass’s recommendations, with initial findings expected by the summer.
Scotland’s gender identity services have been modelled on guidelines set by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, a controversial US body whose treatment rules were found by Dr Cass to “lack rigour”.
Meanwhile, the only MSP representing Alex Salmond’s Alba Party lodged a motion of no confidence in Patrick Harvie, the Green minister and co-leader, after he refused to accept the Cass Report as a valid scientific document.
However, Ash Regan appeared to be unlikely to get the backing of the 25 other MSPs she required for a vote to take place.
Tory insiders said they would not back the motion, arguing Ms Regan was “jumping the gun” as the deeper problem was the entire deal between the SNP and Greens.
William Turner is a seasoned U.K. correspondent with a deep understanding of domestic affairs. With a passion for British politics and culture, he provides insightful analysis and comprehensive coverage of events within the United Kingdom.
