The Reluctant Gay Activist: a Memoir by Terry Sanderson

STEPHEN Harvie reviews Sanderson’s recently published updated autobiography AS Malvolio says in Twelfth Night Act 2 Scene V: “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” However reluctant Terry … Continue reading The Reluctant Gay Activist: a Memoir by Terry Sanderson

Turing honour warmly welcomed by Gay Humanists

THE UK gay Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has warmly welcomed the news that the famous mathematician and second world war code breaker Alan Turing is to be celebrated on a special stamp as an online petition calls for a posthumous pardon to quash his conviction for gross indecency. Turing, above, who is also recognised as the father of the computer, is one of 10 prominent people chosen for the Royal Mail’s “Britons of Distinction” stamps to be launched in February 2012, which includes the allied war heroine Odette Hallowes of the Special Operations Executive and composer Frederick … Continue reading Turing honour warmly welcomed by Gay Humanists