Labour bows before gay witch-hunt | Socialist Action 1983

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'THIS EVIL man' screamed a headline of the 25 March edition of the Sunday Mail - Scotland's largest circulation newspaper.

This 'evil' man was Ian Dunn, editor of Gay Scotland and a leading Labour Party activist.

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diatribe against lan was one fact ed his address to be used as a contact address for a paedophile group. The only thing the paper did admit in an otherwise offensive article, was lan's denial that he was paedophile.

Naturally the seized on the fact that he editor of Gay Was Scotland employed by the EdinDurga Unfortunately his local Parti has been supportive but has forced him to resign as party agent for the coming elections. The commitment of sections of the Labour Party to c mind liberties, never radical seems to be paper thin.

In February the Scottish LPYS amended resolution on gay rights calling for positive images of gays and lesbians in the media.

The lan Dunn case shows what a regrettable error this was. labour in Hainburen re mains silent agianst the witch hunt of gay people and removes an election becaust of the witch hunt in the Tory • Messages of solidarity Dunn Gav Scotland, 58a Broughton Si, Edinburgh EHI.

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Socialist Action 6 April 1984