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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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and a
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(no. SC220213), based in
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. In 2011 it had an income of £374,000.


History

The Equality Network was founded back in 1997 as a national organisation working for LGBT rights and equality in Scotland and 2014 for LGBTI 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 The Equality Network has superseded the work of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 Scottish Government, the
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, the
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 eq ...
, the
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and the
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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 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 (LGBT) 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 2015 and 20 ...
* Community Development Alliance Scotland *
Pride Scotia Pride Scotia is Scotland's national LGBT pride festival. Since 1995, volunteers have organised a Pride March and a community-based festival in June, alternating between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Between 1995 and 2002, the pride marc ...
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Pauline McNeill Pauline Mary McNeill (born 12 September 1962) is a Scottish Labour politician serving as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region. She previously represented the Glasgow Kelvin constituency. Having represented her cons ...
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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 p ...
Other national LGBT organisations: *
LGBT Youth Scotland LGBT Youth Scotland is a Scottish youth organisation dedicated to the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people from 13 to 25 year of age in Scotland. It was established in November 1989 as the Stonewall Youth Proj ...
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LGBT Network The LGBT Network was an LGBT rights charity based in Scotland. 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 Scot ...
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Stonewall Scotland Stonewall or Stone wall may refer to: * Stone wall, a kind of masonry construction * Stonewalling, engaging in uncooperative or delaying tactics * Stonewall riots, a 1969 turning point for the modern LGBTQ rights movement in Greenwich Village, Ne ...
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Time for Inclusive Education Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) is a charity and which has a stated aim of addressing prejudice and bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT) young people with education in Scotland’s schools. The charity is overseen by ...
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 eq ...
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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 Tr ...
Other national equality and human rights organisations: *
Amnesty International Scotland Amnesty (from the Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία, ''amnestia'', "forgetfulness, passing over") is defined as "A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of people, usually for a political offense; the act of a sovereign power offici ...
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Black and Ethnic Minorities Infrastructure in Scotland Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have of ...
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Parliament Equal Opportunities Committee Scottish Parliament committees are small groups of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who meet on a regular basis to scrutinise the work of the Scottish Government, conduct inquiries into subjects within their remit and examine legislation ...
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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is the national membership body for Scotland’s charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. SCVO works to support people to take voluntary action to help themselves and other ...
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Scottish Inter Faith Council 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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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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* 1997 establishments in Scotland 1997 in LGBT history 1997 in politics Charities based in Edinburgh Educational policies and initiatives of the European Union Human rights organisations based in the United Kingdom LGBT organisations in Scotland LGBT rights in Scotland Organisations supported by the Scottish Government Political advocacy groups in Scotland {{UK-charity-stub