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The Equality Network is one of Scotland's national organisations working for
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rights and equality. Established by LGBT activists in 1997, it is a
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. In 2011 it had an income of £374,000.


History

The Equality Network was founded in 1997 as a national organisation working for LGBT rights and equality in Scotland. The Equality Network has superseded the work of
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. It is a registered charity governed by a board of trustees. It has received funding from some of the following organisations: the Equality Unit of the
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, the
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and the Awards for All programme. It also raises money from individuals across Scotland.


Work

Over the past 17 years the Equality Network has claimed a number of victories for LGBT equality in Scotland including an equal age of consent, the repeal of Section 28, Civil Partnerships, Gender Recognition, adoption and fertility rights, hate crime laws, and most recently same-sex marriage.


Scottish Trans Alliance

The Scottish Trans Alliance (STA) is a project within the Equality Network to "improve gender identity and gender reassignment equality, rights and inclusion in Scotland". Scottish Trans Alliance has three full-time staff working for the Equality Network. Vic Valentine is manager of the group. Previously, James Morton was manager of Scottish Trans Alliance. Morton is the author of ''A Scottish History of Trans Equality Activism.''


Awards

The Equality Network won the Campaign of the Year Award at the Herald Society Awards 2012, and Campaign of the Year at the LGBT Youth Scotland Awards 2012, both for the Equal Marriage campaign — the UK's first campaign for same-sex marriage rights, established by the Equality Network in 2008. It was also shortlisted for Public Campaign of the Year at the Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2012.


See also

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LGBT rights in Scotland Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights in Scotland are generally in line with the rest of the United Kingdom, which have evolved extensively over time and are now regarded as some of the most progressive in Europe. In both ...
* Community Development Alliance Scotland *
Pride Scotia Pride Scotia was Scotland's national community-based LGBT Pride festival alternating between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, held in June from its beginnings in 1995 until 2008, when it split into separate organisations. Between 1995 and ...
* Pauline McNeill *
Nora Radcliffe Nora Radcliffe (born 4 March 1946, Aberdeen) is a former Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Gordon from 1999 to 2007. During her two terms in the Scottish Parliament she held various ...
Other national LGBT organisations: * LGBT Youth Scotland * LGBT Network * Stonewall Scotland *
Time for Inclusive Education Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) is a charity addressing prejudice and bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) young people with education in Education in Scotland, Scotland’s schools. The charity is overseen by a Board an ...
Other national organisations with a substantial LGBT remit: *
Equality and Human Rights Commission The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is a non-departmental public body in Great Britain, established by the Equality Act 2006 with effect from 1 October 2007. The Commission has responsibility for the promotion and enforcement of e ...
*
Scottish Trades Union Congress The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is the national trade union centre in Scotland. With 40 affiliated unions as of 2020, the STUC represents over 540,000 trade unionists. The STUC is a separate organisation from the English and Welsh ...
Other national equality and human rights organisations: * Amnesty International Scotland * Black and Ethnic Minorities Infrastructure in Scotland * Parliament Equal Opportunities Committee *
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is the national membership body for Scotland’s voluntary organisations. SCVO's mission is to champion the role of voluntary organisations in building a flourishing society and support them ...
* Scottish Inter Faith Council *
Scottish Government Equality Unit Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...


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External links

* {{Official website, equality-network.org 1997 establishments in Scotland 1997 in LGBTQ history 1997 in politics Charities based in Edinburgh Educational policies and initiatives of the European Union Human rights organisations based in the United Kingdom LGBTQ organisations in Scotland LGBTQ rights in Scotland Organisations supported by the Scottish Government Political advocacy groups in Scotland