UK — Edingburgh Scotland. Following the death on December 23, 2020 of John Hein, a ‘founding father’ of Edinburgh Pride and publisher of ScotsGay and SGFringe, various groups and individuals expressed their sadness at his death.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of John Hein, founder of ScotsGay magazine and advocate for gay rights. pic.twitter.com/GjNJjGHRlX

— ScotsGay (@ScotsGayNews) December 24, 2020

One of the individuals eulogizing Hein was Taylor Hunter, editor of ScotsGay, who had previously referred to the LGB Alliance – an organization that advocates for same-sex attracted individuals – as a “hate group”.

In response to these various accolades, numerous individuals pointed out that Hein was a former member of the Paedophile Information Exchange, and should not be celebrated.

A Twitter user commented on the irony of Hunter calling an LGB organization a “hate group” but being unfazed that “the magazine’s founder is one of the most notorious paedophiles in Scottish history”.

The editor of ScotsGay magazine, Taylor Hunter, believes the LGB Alliance is a 'hate group' that should be deplatformed for defending same-sex attraction, but seems less bothered that the magazine's founder, John Hein, is one of the most notorious paedophiles in Scottish history pic.twitter.com/XWpUSedsLY

— ripx4nutmeg (@ripx4nutmeg) December 28, 2020

Pride Edinburgh quickly deleted their tweet referring to Hein as a “true pioneer of pride”.

Well, that got deleted pretty promptly 🙄 pic.twitter.com/NZVqhkJyyi

— gender is harmful (@genderisharmful) December 28, 2020

Taylor Hunter, on the other hand, became more resolute, accusing women of posting “a funnel of hate hate and lies”.

Mr Hunter subsequently locked his Twitter account.

Ah yes, the universal symbol for "I was completely unprepared for the overwhelmingly negative reception to my exceedingly bad takes". pic.twitter.com/r0OvzHsHL4

— Philip 'All I Want 4 Xmas Is' Siu (@siuphilip) December 28, 2020