 Metropolitan Community Church is a worldwide Christian denomination founded in 1968 to have a special, affirming ministry with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.On 17 June 1995, the first ever Pride Scotland March and Festival was held in Edinburgh.Rev Jim McManus (then Pastoral Team member of MCC Newcastle and Rev Roy Beaney (then European District Coordinator) along with other MCC members visited Edinburgh and organised an MCC stall at the Pride Festival.