Ross Burgess

Ross Burgess, born 1944, is a former IT consultant (now retired). He has degrees from Oxford and the Open University.

In 1966, while still an undergraduate, he stood as Liberal parliamentary candidate for Mitcham.

He has been active in LGBT organisations for many years. He founded the Tunbridge Wells CHE Group in 1972 and is an Executive Committee member of CHE (Campaign for Homosexual Equality), Management Committee member of Age of Diversity and committee member and former Secretary of CAGS. From 2008 to 2011 he was a Board Trustee of the LGBT Consortium.

He was copy editor of Out of the Shadows (2010) and has written books and articles on IT-related subjects. He's currently editing Diverse Performances: Masculinities and the Victorian Stage by the late David Haldane Lawrence.

He is webmaster for a number of organisations, including:


 * SLAGO
 * CAGS
 * CHE
 * Croydon Trans Group
 * Gay, Lesbian and Mensan (GLAM).