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Gay Humanist Quarterly, Autumn 2007
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Hate Speech & Free Speech
David T asks whether desirable social aims can be achieved through poorly constructed criminal laws
Sexual Orientation & Health Care
Rachel Irwin argues that sexual orientation should be irrelevant in healthcare provision
Notes From All Over
News and commentary on global events
GALHA News
News from GALHA’s perspective
Interview
Brett Lock chats to stand-up comic, Pat Condell, about his new role as an Internel evangelist – for Atheism
Feature
The Web of Disbelief: your quick guide to finding resources for humanists and atheists online
Bits & Bobs
Some more fun online
Sing If You’re Glad to Be Gay
Keith Angus asks why some celebrities are so shy about their sexual identities
Strong Stuff
Brian Miller’s regular spleen venting
Letter from America
Warren Allen Smith gives the low-down on what’s up across the pond
Arts & Entertainment
Tony Challis’s annual report from the Edinburgh Festival
Obituries
George Melly and Sherwin Wine
Competition
The great GALHA crossword
Annual GALHA Lunch
Lunch with Polly Toynbee
Happenings & Events
What’s been seen on the Humanist scene and what’s still coming up
Gay Humanist Quarterly, Summer 2007
Adobe PDF, 3.1MB
A Brief History of GALHA
George Broadhead gives the run-down
on the founding of the Gay & Lesbian
Humanist Association and its mission
Their Lives Are Important
Maryam Namazie’s speech for the
International Day Against Homophobia
Idaho 2007 Roundup
News of GALHA’s involvement to mark IDAHO
Dispatches
More notes from all over
Blood on the Streets of Moscow
Peter Tatchell returned to Moscow this year.
He writes about his experience at Moscow Pride
and his injuries at the hands of fascist thugs
Notes From All Over
News and commentary on global events
Jerusalem Pride
After efforts to get the parade banned, threats
and intimidation, Jerusalem Pride goes ahead
Goodbye Falwell
Ted Hoover bids farewell to Tinky Winky’s arch-nemises
Arts & Entertainment
Chris Houston has a surreal experience
at the “Simply Botiful” art installation
Letter from America
Warren Allen Smith gives the low-down on
what’s up across the pond
Strong Stuff
Brian Miller’s regular spleen venting
GALHA News
News & views from GALHA’s perspective
Travel
Ian Wilcock follows the footsteps of Darwin in Chile
Reviews
Reviews of art, books and film
Happenings & Events
What’s been seen on the Humanist scene and
what’s still coming up
Gay Humanist Quarterly, Spring 2007
Adobe PDF, 2.8MB
At the Ringside of the Lords
Keith Porteous Wood reports on the passage of
the new Sexual orientation Regulations, in the
face of concerted religious opposition
Desperately Seeking Asylum
A GHQ Special Report on the experiences of
gay refugees in the UK asylum system
IDAHO 2007
Cliff James says IDAHO is more important than ever
Top Sex-change Doctor Faces Ban
Dr Heather Peto defends a top doctor against
charges of professional misconduct
The Cancer That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Peter Tatchell warns about the increasing risk
of anal cancers for gay men
The Rights of Man
Stuart Harill reports from the Isle of Man
A Lot to Draw On
Brett Lock looks at the Manga Bible and TV cartoons
Letter from America
Warren Allen Smith gives the low-down on
what’s up across the pond
GALHA USA
Charles Merrill wants to unite US gay humanists
GALHA News
News & views from GALHA’s perspective
International Women’s Day
Terry Sanderson reports on the IWD event
People: Ted Brown
GHQ speaks to veteran campaigner, Ted Brown
Arts & Entertainment
Debunking the Mary Shelly Legend: John Lauritsen
argues that Percy, not Mary wrote Frankenstein
Reviews
Reviews of art, books and film
Happenings & Events
What’s been seen on the Humanist scene and
what’s still coming up
Back Cover
The Gay Guide to the real World
Gay Humanist Quarterly, Winter 2006/7
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Cover Story: Humanists in Space
GHQ investigates the role of science fiction film and television in promoting Humanist - or religious - values and ideas.
Festival of Blight
Brett Lock went to see the massed hordes of Christian and other fundamentalists peddling their bigotry outside the House of Lords
Faith, Homophobia & Human Rights
A report-back from the conference to tackle homophobia in faith-communities
Religion and Respect
Leading Humanist author Barbara Smoker asks whether free speech should take religious sensibilities into account
GALHA News
News & views from GALHA’s perspective.
Icons of Science Fiction
In which the editor puts gays in space
Letter from America
Warren Allen Smith gives the low-down on what’s up across the pond
Strong Stuff
Brian Miller’s regular spleen venting.
Jewish opposition to gay adoption
Brett Lock writes for
Totally Jewish magazine and explains why opposition to gay equality is disgraceful
PERSONAL STORY
Charles Coventry: growing up gay, disabled and an infidel
Arts & Entertainment
Details of the GALHA Film Festival Book online or by phone now - details inside
Dispatches
Notes from all over the world.
Reviews
Reviews of art, books and film.
Happenings & events
What’s been seen on the humanist scene and what’s still coming up.
Back Cover
GALHA’s advert for EuroPride & the GPA advert
Gay Humanist Quarterly, Autumn 2006
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Cover Story: Broadhead Revisited
An interview with long-standing GALHA secretary, George Broadhead on the occasion of his National Secular Society Lifetime Achievement Award.
Notes from here and there
News from around the world... same-sex marriage in South Africa, and other stories
One Campaign For Civil Partnerships
Roger Burg recounts his project to demonstrate that ‘traditional marriage’ isn’t necessary the in the ‘tradition’ that some think it is
Submission & Denial
GHQ Editor Brett Lock spells out why he thinks that some gay Muslims are misguided in their assumptions about other faiths
Life Online
In which the editor fritters away his time in cyberspace
GALHA News
News & views from GALHA’s perspective.
Respect Is A Two-Way Street
Peter Tatchell whiffs hypocrisy in those who do not want their religious beliefs ‘offended’
Letter from America
Warren Allen Smith gives the low-down on what’s up across the pond
Strong Stuff
Brian Miller’s regular spleen venting.
Arts & Entertainment
Terry Sanderson reviews the life and art of Marlene Dietrich in preparation for his December retrospective; and Tony Challis’s report-back from the Edinburgh Festival
Dispatches
More notes from all over
Reviews
Reviews of art, books and film.
Happenings & events
What’s been seen on the humanist scene and what’s still coming up.
Back Cover
GALHA’s advert for EuroPride & the GPA advert
Gay Humanist Quarterly, Summer 2006
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Letter from the chair
A letter from Lee Stacy, chair of GALHA
Past & Present
Would John Stuart Mill have supported gay rights?
Place of Martyrdom
On the anniversary of the hanging of two gay teens in Iran, new evidence has emerged to tell their story
The new butchers of Baghdad
Ali Hilli describes the perilous position of Iraqi LGBTs
Notes from here and there
News from around the world... a new documentary about gay life in the developing world, and other stories
Designs on Education
The ‘creationism’ issue comes to the UK
Letter from America
Warren Allen Smith gives the low-down on what’s up across the pond
Media
Could US-style Televangelism take off in Britain?
Same-sex marriage case
Foreign marriages between people of the same-sex will not be recognised in the UK, says the High Court
Sharia Answers
Dr Qaradawi explains what’s to be done with sodomites
Gay Pride in Eastern Europe
Peter Tatchell, Malcolm Barnes and Derek Lennard report from Moscow, and Peter goes on to Riga
Strong Stuff
Brian Miller’s regular spleen venting.
GALHA News
News & views from GALHA’s perspective.
UK News
News from the UK, including a round-up of IDAHO events around the country
Reviews
Reviews of art, books and film.
Happenings & events
What’s been seen on the humanist scene and what’s still coming up.
Back Cover
GALHA’s advert for EuroPride & the GPA advert
Gay Humanist Quarterly, Spring 2006
Adobe PDF, 2.7MB
Letter from the chair
A letter from Lee Stacy, chair of GALHA
Notes from here and there
Stuart Hartill reports from the Isle of Man
Freedom of speech - with no ifs or buts
Reflections on the Rally for Free Expression:
Maryam Namazie, Peter Tatchell & Keith Porteous Wood
In defence of gay cruising
Peter Tatchell defends a traditional outdoor pasttime
Letter from America
Warren Allen Smith gives the low-down on
what’s up across the pond
The pope scraps limbo
But what does this mean for gays and lesbians?
Theodore Brown explains, and reveals the new crusade
Iraq’s gay community under siege
Grand Ayatollah Sistani issues a death fatwa
Entertainment wars
Religion (and Tom Cruise) gets upset about a cartoon
Nigeria clamps down on gays
Nigerian Humansit, Leo Igwe, reports on the latest move
by the Nigerian governmentto stamp out homosexuality
The Lobby
Andrew Copson’s round-up of the goings on in
Westminster - in the House, not Mr Prescott’s Office
Strong Stuff
Brian Miller’s regular spleen venting.
Dispatches
Gay Imam fights unfair jail sentence, and other stories.
GALHA news
News & views from GALHA’s perspective.
Reviews
Reviews of art, books and film.
Happenings & events
What’s been seen on the humanist scene and
what’s still coming up.
Cover story: Moscow Pride
IDAHO backs embattled Russian LGBTs
International Day Against Homophobia
IDAHO 2006 launches with an array of
political support and a full calendar of events
Gay Humanist Quarterly, Winter 2005
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Notes from here and there
What's going on in the world?
Letter from the chair
Lee Stacy, the new chair of the Gay & Lesbian
Humanist Association introduces himself, the
new magazine and outlines the year ahead
Are religious groups getting superpowers?
Across the UK, Europe and North America, religious
groups are pushing for more power and influence
in the running of the country - and getting it
Pressing the right buttons
Brett Lock speaks to Wilf Mbanga, an exiled
Zimbabwean newspaper editor who has vowed
to keep publishing - from the UK
Letter from America
Warren Allen Smith gives the low-down on
what's up across the pond
Christian Voice out in the cold
Mainstream religious groups are not rushing
to get behind Stephen Green and his loopy
mob at Christian Voice
IDAHO supremo
Derek Lennard interviews Louis-Georges Tin
Racists in secularist clothing
Guest columnist David T investigates the disturbing
trend of racist groups using religion as a proxy for race
Contemporary relics
Knicknacks, quotes and quirky stuff
The Flying Spaghetti Monster
The parody of creationism takes off
Strong stuff
Brian Miller's regular spleen venting
Dispatches
Houzan Mahmoud on free speech and other stories
GALHA news
News & views from GALHA's perspective
Reviews
Reviews of art, books and film
Diary
What's been seen on the humanist scene and
what's still coming up
Perspective
Is Jesus really the reason for the season?