Marked improvement everywhere; but again it's who you ask. Knee-capping no longer happens, we're nothing like our more Easterly Counterparts I'd like to credit it to the presense of AntiFascst Associations* but it could also be due to the Referendum on Independence that's polarizing the country. People associated with Yes Scotland tend be against UKIP and far right parties, and also support EU Legislation on Equality and Human Rights.

SDL and other hate groups that run (counter or otherwise) protests or make slurs tend to get challenged and activities disrupted. Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow all have specific and serveral organizations and groups that challenge more extreme anti-LGBT viewpoints. Trans Media Watch documents how the Daily Mail screws up and distorts news by producing Churn. I was unable to make it to one counter protest as One Group that had invited Westbor-something Church to say God hates Aberdeen's Newly Out Reverend, received a CAN-Do welcome. (Also if I remember right the Hate Preacher had his Visa Cancelled, which happens a lot with groups like this...So he was a no show.)