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==Career and Activism==
==Career and Activism==
Born in Glasgow, in a well-off family, Dunn went to Hillhead High School and later studied Town Planning at Heriot Watt University a a mature student. However, he was more interested in LGBT activism and was so busy organising the world's first ILGA Conference in 1974 that he failed his degree. Nevertheless, he worked for many years as a planning officer with Edinburgh District Council until he took early retirement.
Born in Glasgow, in a well-off family, Dunn went to Hillhead High School and later studied Town Planning at Heriot Watt University as a mature student. However, he was more interested in LGBT activism and was so busy organising an ILGA Conference in 1974 that he failed his degree. Nevertheless, he worked for many years as a planning officer with Edinburgh District Council until he took early retirement.
In 1969, he was a founder member of the Scottish Minorities Group (which became the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group and then OUTRIGHT Scotland), which obtained in 1980 the legalisation of homosexuality between men. He appeared on platforms with [[Peter Tatchell]] who wholeheartedly supported his agenda.
In 1969, he was a founder member of the Scottish Minorities Group (which became the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group and then OUTRIGHT Scotland), which obtained in 1980 the legalisation of homosexuality between men. He appeared on platforms with [[Peter Tatchell]] who wholeheartedly supported his agenda.
Dunn wrote regularly for the PIE journal ''Minor Problems,'' edited by PIE member Peter Bremner, and stocked it in his Edinburgh bookshop, Lavender Menace. In 1982 he became for several years editor of the LGBT magazine ''Gay Scotland.'' A co-worker commented on his, "as long as you paid him what he considered to be due deference, he was a delight to be around. However, although many people's talents and efforts went to produce the magazine, it was Ian who took most of the credit and it was Ian who appeared in far too many of the photographs!" <ref>John Hein writing in http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/io20a/obit.html</ref>
Dunn wrote regularly for the PIE journal ''Minor Problems,'' edited by PIE member Peter Bremner, and stocked it in his Edinburgh bookshop, Lavender Menace. In 1982 he became for several years editor of the LGBT magazine ''Gay Scotland.'' A co-worker commented on his, "as long as you paid him what he considered to be due deference, he was a delight to be around. However, although many people's talents and efforts went to produce the magazine, it was Ian who took most of the credit and it was Ian who appeared in far too many of the photographs!" <ref>John Hein writing in http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/io20a/obit.html</ref>
Dunn was a Labour Party member, candidate in local elections and a Trade Union activist.
==Criminal Offences==
==Criminal Offences==
In 1997, he condemned police over a camera surveillance operation in public toilets in Stirling which led to several homosexual men being charged. The investigation unsurprisingly revealed that some of these men had deviant relations with a 13-year-old boy.
In 1997, he condemned police over a camera surveillance operation in public toilets in Stirling which led to several homosexual men being charged. The investigation unsurprisingly revealed that some of these men had deviant relations with a 13-year-old boy.
Dunn continued to write and publish ''Minor Problems'' and set up and assisted the LGBT magazine Rain Makers UK,a homosexual contact sheet which allowed the trading of pornography. Dunn was eventually prosecuted for importing hard-core pornography.
Dunn continued to write and publish ''Minor Problems'' and set up and assisted the LGBT magazine Rain Makers UK, a homosexual contact sheet that was a front for dealing in child pornography. Dunn was eventually prosecuted for importing hard-core pornography.
When Dunn died in 1998 other LGBT activists such as Peter Tatchell wrote glowing tributes. Obituaries in ''The Independent'' and ''Scots Gay'' hailed him as a pioneer of "gay liberation". The latter admitted that he had been a founder of PIE but claimed this was "not because he was a paedophile, but because he believed in the rights of sexual minorities to organise politically." <ref>
When Dunn died in 1998 other LGBT activists such as Peter Tatchell wrote glowing tributes. Obituaries in ''The Independent'' and ''Scots Gay'' hailed him as a pioneer of "gay liberation". The latter admitted that he had been a founder of PIE but claimed this was "not because he was a paedophile, but because he believed in the rights of sexual minorities to organise politically." <ref>
http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/io20a/obit.html</ref>
http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/io20a/obit.html</ref>
At Dunn's funeral in 1998, in the Mansfield Place Church, a young man claimed Dunn had raped him when he was fifteen. He said he was there "just to make sure". <John Hein in http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/io20a/obit.html</ref>
<ref>http://ukpaedos-exposed.com/</ref>
From 1987-2007 there was an LGBT award in Scotland named after Ian Campbell Dunn.
From 1987-2007 there was an LGBT award in Scotland named after Ian Campbell Dunn.
See Also [[Pedophile Information Exchange]] [[Peter Tatchell]] [[Peter Righton]]
See Also [[Pedophile Information Exchange]] [[Peter Tatchell]] [[Peter Righton]]