Veteran gay humanist campaigner Roy Saich dies aged 83

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

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

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