Author: Barry Duke

Veteran journalist Barry Duke, born in South Africa in 1947, settled in the UK in 1973, where he became actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement and gay rights organisations. A militant atheist, he joined the National Secular Society (NSS) and was a co-founder in 1979 of the Gay Humanist Group which changed its name to the Gay & Lesbian Humanist Association in 1987. In 2017 he was handed a Lifetime Achievement award by the NSS for his "spirited opposition to religious intolerance and irrationality" in his roles as a free speech advocate and his work as editor of the Freethinker and the Pink Triangle Trust website. In 2022, when the Freethinker suddenly went "woke", he was summarily sacked for apparently being too aggressively atheistic and was no a UK citizen. In 2017 he was married to his partner of 25 years, Marcus Robinson, in Gibraltar. The couple live in Benidorm, Spain, with their mini-Pinscher Fifi.
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Bigoted lecturer ‘very surprised’ after losing a discrimination case supported by religious hate group Christian Concern

Barry Duke

IN a fresh blow to the anti-LGBT+ group, Dr Aaron Edwards—a father of six—has lost a discrimination case he brought against Cliff College, a Methodist training centre in Derbyshire. An Emploment Tribunal unanimously dismissed all claims made by Edwards, a Christian … Continue reading Bigoted lecturer ‘very surprised’ after losing a discrimination case supported by religious hate group Christian Concern

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Infamous London Muslim hate preacher, who called for the death of gays, faces life imprisonment

Barry Duke

IN 2014, Anjem Choudary, above, claimed in a Fox News interview that he thought those found guilty of “sodomy” should be stoned to death under Islamic law, which he said should be implemented worldwide. He also said women who commit … Continue reading Infamous London Muslim hate preacher, who called for the death of gays, faces life imprisonment

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Labour vows to end dithering over a conversion therapy ban. Christians who oppose such a ban express dismay.

Barry Duke

DESPITE two promises by the Consevative Government that it would end discredited and harmful faith-based practices aimed at ‘heterosexualising’ gay people, no bans were ever implemented. But this will now change under the new Labour administration. And those in favour … Continue reading Labour vows to end dithering over a conversion therapy ban. Christians who oppose such a ban express dismay.

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When Reform UK takes power, ‘straight paramilitaries’ will target gays and Muslims, said party activist

Barry Duke

GEORGE Jones, pictured above with Reform UK’s Nigel Farage, was standing alongside Farage in a Clacton pub recently, drumming up support for the far-right leader. Later he was filmed mouthing off fascist crap, saying, among other things in an undercover … Continue reading When Reform UK takes power, ‘straight paramilitaries’ will target gays and Muslims, said party activist

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A celebration of the life of Terry Sanderson, vetaran LGBT+ rights campaigner and ex-National Secular Society President

Barry Duke

Image via Facebook TERRY SANDERSON’S partner of more than 40 years —Keith Porteous Wood, above left—this week provided the Pink Triangle Trust with a report of a ceremony he led that took place last month to following Terry’s death on … Continue reading A celebration of the life of Terry Sanderson, vetaran LGBT+ rights campaigner and ex-National Secular Society President

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Poor & developing countries should not have LGBT+ rights and condoms imposed on them by aid givers, says Hungarian lawmaker

Barry Duke

HUNGARY has a State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians—Tristan Azbej, above—and he has gone on the offensive to warn that aid to to poor and developing countries is being predicated on, among other things, foisting condoms on those … Continue reading Poor & developing countries should not have LGBT+ rights and condoms imposed on them by aid givers, says Hungarian lawmaker

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The first same-sex couple to marry in Greece say it’s a dream come true. For the Orthodox Church it’s a nightmare.

Barry Duke

GREEK lawyer Anastasios Samouilidis, above right, married his partner of 20 years—author Petros Hadjopoulos, a novelist who uses the pen name Auguste Corteau—shortly after Greece voted to legalise same-sex marriage in the face of still opposition from the Orthodox Church. … Continue reading The first same-sex couple to marry in Greece say it’s a dream come true. For the Orthodox Church it’s a nightmare.

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Greece approves same-sex marriage. Orthodox Church is beside itself with fury.

Barry Duke

IOANNIS FOTOPOULOS, above, is a hoary old priest in the Greek Orthodox Church, and like fellow clerics he is outraged that Greece had voted to legalise same-sex marriage in the face of strong religious opposition. Fotopoulos expressed his horror in … Continue reading Greece approves same-sex marriage. Orthodox Church is beside itself with fury.

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What hypocrisy! Pastor filmed telling anti-LGBT+ outfit about honesty in marriage is sacked over indecent texts to men

Barry Duke

AROUND two years ago evangelical pastor Aaron Ivey, above, of the Austin Stone Church in Texas, visited Focus on the Family, one of best funded anti-LGBT organisations in America, where he was filmed discussing the necessity of being honest in … Continue reading What hypocrisy! Pastor filmed telling anti-LGBT+ outfit about honesty in marriage is sacked over indecent texts to men