There had been pressure for the charity to be dropped by ministers

The Scottish Government has reaffirmed its support for a leading LGBTQ+ charity after pressure to end its funding. 

Stonewall’s LGBT+ charity’s Diversity Champions initiative, which ranks members based on their inclusion policies by Stonewall’s workplace equality index, lists the government as a member. 

The Scottish Government had been under pressure from Conservative MSPs to drop their support for the charity and withdraw funding. 

But a spokesperson for the Scottish Government confirmed to the Scotsman that they would continue 

A spokesman for the Scottish Government told the newspaper: “We are committed to supporting LGBTQI+ people, including through funding for Stonewall to advance equality for this group. 

“This is particularly important at a time when we are seeing a rise in attacks against the LGBTQI+ community.”

A Stonewall spokesman told the Scotsman its workplace inclusion programmes were the “gold standard for employers that want to embed equality for LGBTQ+ people in the workplace”. 

The organisation said to the newspaper: “Now that the ruling has been made by the Supreme Court we, along with many others, are highlighting the importance of considering its wide-ranging implications.

“The EHRC has announced a consultation and there will then be a subsequent parliamentary process before any updated statutory guidance is published.”