LGBT Network

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The LGBT Network was an LGBT rights charity based in Scotland.Charity Registration - http://www.oscr.org.uk/CharityIndexDetails.aspx?id=SC040190 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201204834/https://www.oscr.org.uk/CharityIndexDetails.aspx?id=SC040190 |date=1 February 2021 }}

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.Marriage Equality Petition - PE1239 - http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/petitions/docs/PE1239.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016151121/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/petitions/docs/PE1239.htm |date=2009-10-16 }}

The Chairperson of the LGBT Network was Rob McDowall, who is Director of SIACC, Board Member of Partners in Advocacy{{cite web |url=http://www.partnersinadvocacy.org.uk/section-about/about-us.html |title=Partners in Advocacy |publisher=Partners in Advocacy |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629084536/http://www.partnersinadvocacy.org.uk/section-about/about-us.html |archive-date=2012-06-29 |url-status=dead }} and a member of the Equality Council.

McDowall launched a petition in 2008{{cite web |url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/petitions/petitionsubmissions/sub-08/08-subIndexForPE1135.htm |title=The Scottish Parliament - Committees - Public Petitions - Written Submissions |access-date=2009-11-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717113331/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/petitions/petitionsubmissions/sub-08/08-subIndexForPE1135.htm |archive-date=2010-07-17 }} calling on the Scottish Parliament to lift the ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood.{{cite web|last=Grew |first=Tony |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-7396.html/ |title=Scots Parliament considers gay blood ban |publisher=PinkNews.co.uk |date=2008-04-15 |access-date=2012-05-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/blood-transfusion-service-rejects-gay-donor-calls-1.848287 |title=Blood Transfusion Service rejects gay donor calls |publisher=Herald Scotland |date=2008-11-05 |access-date=2012-05-06}}{{cite web |url=http://www.swba.se/getNewsAttachment.aspx?id=31 |title=BBC NEWS | Scotland | Gay blood donor appeal rejected |publisher=Swba.se |date=2008-11-04 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20111009114209/http://www.swba.se/getNewsAttachment.aspx?id=31 |archive-date=2011-10-09 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://news.scotsman.com/health/39Unfair39-ban-on-gay-blood.4660858.jp |title='Unfair' ban on gay blood donors to stay - Health - Scotsman.com |publisher=News.scotsman.com |date=2008-11-04 |access-date=2012-05-06}} The petition received high level support from Ross Finnie MSP, Alyn Smith MEP and Struan Stevenson MEP.