Rob McDowall

Robert McDowall
Born Robert McDowall
(1985-05-15) May 15, 1985
Gourock, Scotland
Other names Rob McDowall
Occupation Journalist, Reporter, Activist
Years active 11
Website Official website

Robert "Rob" McDowall (born May 15, 1985) is a Scottish investigative journalist, Huffington Post blogger [1] and Trust and Safety Policy Specialist. Rob is a Member of the Equality Council, EUCCTI Consumer Rapporteur,[2] and Chairman of the LGBT Network.[3] McDowall led the campaign to save gay Syrian Jojo Yakub from deportation and the protest and campaign against sexual orientation discrimination on the Isle of Man.[4]

McDowall petitioned the Scottish Parliament to end the ban on gay men giving in blood in 2008. He managed to secure the backing of Scottish politicians Ross Finnie MSP, Struan Stevenson MEP and Alyn Smith MEP. The lifetime ban on MSM, which stands for, 'men who have had sex with men' donating blood was removed and replaced by a policy which permits blood donations if the donor has abstained from sexual contact for 12 months.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Rob McDowall". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  2. ↑ "Agilience". Agilience. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  3. ↑ "Our Chair". Lgbtnetwork.eu. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  4. ↑ "Scottish campaign aims to stop deportation of gay teenager · PinkNews". Pinknews.co.uk. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  5. ↑ "Gay blood ban row moves to Scottish parliament · PinkNews". Pinknews.co.uk. 2008-02-25. Retrieved 2015-09-19.

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