Category: Humanism

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UK humanist Barbara Smoker would have turned 100 in April. The National Secular Society marked the event with a memorial this month.

Barry Duke

BARBARA Smoker, above, who died on April 7, 2020, was a British humanist activist and freethought advocate. She was also President of the National Secular Society (NSS) for 24 years, Chair of the British Voluntary Euthanasia Society (now known as … Continue reading UK humanist Barbara Smoker would have turned 100 in April. The National Secular Society marked the event with a memorial this month.

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Veteran gay humanist campaigner Roy Saich dies aged 83

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PINK Triangle Trust treasurer Diesel Balaam shares his memories of Saich, pictured above, a key figure in the establishment of the Gay Humanist Group which later became the Gay And Lesbian Humanist Association. Our dear friend and stalwart campaigner, Roy Saich, sadly passed away in hospital on Tuesday, May 2.  He had had some medical complications over the weekend necessitating hospitalisation.  He was visited by his nephew, Guy Saich and his wife Tracey and by John Marshall, a Pink Triangle Trust trustee, on the Monday, when he appeared to be in good spirits and rallying a little.  It’s good to … Continue reading Veteran gay humanist campaigner Roy Saich dies aged 83

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A year in review

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PTT Chair Stephen Harvie reports on the 2022 activities of the Pink Triangle Trust The Winter Solstice has passed and, while the trustees of the Pink Triangle Trust look forward to the new year and the opportunities that this will afford, it is appropriate that we reflect upon our many achievements in 2022. As you are doubtless aware, the PTT exists to provide financial assistance and support to LGBTQ+ and Humanist causes throughout the world. During 2022 the Trust has made substantial donations to many causes both national and international, including Just Like Us, an LGBT+ young people’s charity in … Continue reading A year in review

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The Reluctant Gay Activist: a Memoir by Terry Sanderson

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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

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Farewell to a Humanist hero: LGBT activist George Broadhead dies aged 87

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IN the late 1970s, self-appointed Christian Morality Supremo Mary Whitehouse suffered a backlash after she successfully brought a private prosecution for blasphemous libel against Gay News. Stung by hostile reaction to the prosecution, Whitehouse began screeching that “everything good and … Continue reading Farewell to a Humanist hero: LGBT activist George Broadhead dies aged 87