The LGBT Network was an LGBT rights charity based in Scotland.1
The LGBT Network was founded as a not for profit organisation in April 2008 and operated throughout Europe and was credited with launching a petition for same-sex marriage at the Scottish Parliament in January 2009.2
The Chairperson of the LGBT Network was Rob McDowall, who is Director of SIACC, Board Member of Partners in Advocacy3 and a member of the Equality Council.
McDowall launched a petition in 20084 calling on the Scottish Parliament to lift the ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood.5678 The petition received high level support from Ross Finnie MSP, Alyn Smith MEP and Struan Stevenson MEP.5
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References
- Charity Registration - http://www.oscr.org.uk/CharityIndexDetails.aspx?id=SC040190 Archived 1 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- Marriage Equality Petition - PE1239 - http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/petitions/docs/PE1239.htm Archived 2009-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
- "Partners in Advocacy". Partners in Advocacy. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- "The Scottish Parliament - Committees - Public Petitions - Written Submissions". Archived from the original on 17 July 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- Grew, Tony (15 April 2008). "Scots Parliament considers gay blood ban". PinkNews.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- "Blood Transfusion Service rejects gay donor calls". Herald Scotland. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- "BBC NEWS | Scotland | Gay blood donor appeal rejected". Swba.se. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "'Unfair' ban on gay blood donors to stay - Health - Scotsman.com". News.scotsman.com. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2012.