- John Hein
John Hein is publisher and former editor of "
ScotsGay " magazine - a monthly magazine that reports onlesbian ,gay ,bisexual andtransgender life inScotland . He previously edited "Pulse" and "Gay Scotland", and he had a regular column in " Outcast".He is also director and chair of
Pride Scotia (Edinburgh ) (which organises the annualPride Scotia March and Festival every two years in Edinburgh - next in 2009) as well as being director and chair of the Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Community Project Limited, the Scottish charity which owns theEdinburgh LGBT Centre (oldest in EuropeFact|date=March 2008http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/listings/groups.html#Loc) at 58a/60 Broughton Street, Edinburgh.In the 1980s, he was convenor of the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (previously called the Scottish Minorities Group and subsequently Outright Scotland).
Hein was born in
Kenya in 1957 and moved to Scotland in 1962.John Hein has stood for election on several occasions for the Liberal Party (a minor party not to be confused with the Liberal Democrats) at European, UK and
Scottish Parliament levels, having previously been a member of the original Liberal Party. He is currently chair of the party and is an elected Community Councillor serving on Leith Central Community Council.Fact|date=July 2008External links
* [http://www.scotsgay.co.uk ScotsGay Magazine]
* [http://www.scotsgay.co.uk/people/john.html John Hein's personal page]
* [http://www.liberal.org.uk/2001ge/candidates/hein_j.htm Liberal Party Information on John Hein]
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