Jeff Dudgeon
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Who is Jeff Dudgeon?
Jeffrey Edward Anthony "Jeff" Dudgeon MBE is a Northern Irish gay political activist.
He is mainly known for Dudgeon v United Kingdom, the case which led to the legalisation of homosexuality in Northern Ireland.
He has also published a study of Roger Casement's "Black Diaries", which accepted them as genuine.
He was the Labour Integrationist candidate for Belfast South in the 1979 General election.
He is a member of the Ulster Unionist Party. He currently serves as chairman of the party in the South Belfast constituency area.
In the Northern Ireland local elections, 2014 he was elected for the Balmoral area to Belfast City Council. He is one of three openly gay politicians elected to the City Council along with Mary Ellen Campbell of Sinn Féin and Julie-Anne Corr of the Progressive Unionist Party.
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