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Buist joined [[CHE]] in 1972, rejecting [[GLF]] because 'The “GLF” idea of an anti-family, anti-Establishment social revolution seemed to me unlikely to produce change for the better.'<ref>http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/collections/BDOHP/Buist.pdf ''British Diplomatic Oral History Programme'', BUIST, John Latto Farquharson (Ian).</ref> | Buist joined [[CHE]] in 1972, rejecting [[GLF]] because 'The “GLF” idea of an anti-family, anti-Establishment social revolution seemed to me unlikely to produce change for the better.'<ref>http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/collections/BDOHP/Buist.pdf ''British Diplomatic Oral History Programme'', BUIST, John Latto Farquharson (Ian).</ref> | ||
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He continued to contribute to the ongoing campaign for gay rights, up to his death in October 2012. | He continued to contribute to the ongoing campaign for gay rights, up to his death in October 2012. | ||
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Ian Buist (actually John Latto Farquharson Buist, 1930–2012) was a gay rights campaigner and former diplomat. After achieving a first in classics at Oxford he joined the diplomatic service and worked in senior positions in Kenya and East Africa.
Buist joined CHE in 1972, rejecting GLF because 'The “GLF” idea of an anti-family, anti-Establishment social revolution seemed to me unlikely to produce change for the better.'[1]
The LGCM conference in 2006 paid a special tribue to Ian Buist for his work on the civil partnership legislation.[2]
He continued to contribute to the ongoing campaign for gay rights, up to his death in October 2012.
References
- ↑ http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/collections/BDOHP/Buist.pdf British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, BUIST, John Latto Farquharson (Ian).
- ↑ CHE Annual Report, 2005–2006
