Paedophile link alarms winners of gay rights awards

Gay rights campaigners are to rename a prestigious award following allegations that it honoured a man who fought to legalise paedophilia. The Ian Dunn Award was given to Patrick Harvie, the Green MSP, and Margaret Smith, the Liberal Democrat, for their work as activists for gay rights. However, it has been alleged that Mr Dunn, a prominent gay activist who died in 1998, was also co-founder of the Paedophile Information Exchange, set up to promote the acceptance and understanding of adults who want to have sex with children. Ms Smith has demanded that the award be given another name within the week or she will give it back. [...] Mr Harvie also called for the award to be renamed.

source: 'Paedophile link alarms winners of gay rights awards' by Louise Gray; news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=140212007; Scotsman.com News; 27 January 2007