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News and Views |
Comment – George Broadhead on the Church of England, Ludovic Kennedy, and Angus Wilson. |
Humanist Peer Introduces SOD Bill – Baroness Turner of Camden introduces the Sexual Orientation Discrimination Bill in the House of Lords. |
GALHA Slams ‘Gay Cure’ Ministries. |
Whitby Weekend – a report on GALHA’s 1995 weekend event at Whitby. |
Humanists Visit Lighthouse – three Humanist funeral officiants meet with staff of London Lighthouse. |
Meeting with the Met – Mike Savage reports on the latest meeting between the London Lesbian and Gay Policing Initiative and Scotland Yard. |
GALHA Speaks to SPES – Keith Porteous Wood addresses the annual reunion of the South Place Ethical Society on behalf of GALHA. |
Support for Condom Campaign – GALHA declares its support for the British Safety Council’s safer sex campaign and criticises the Roman Catholic Church over the issue. |
World Watch – news from Romania, Zimbabwe, Sweden, Italy, Latvia, United States, and China. |
Obituary |
Obituary – Bill McIlroy pays tribute to Brigid Brophy. |
Features |
Humanist Happenings – Robert Ashby on the British Humanist Association’s forthcoming centenary celebration. |
A Potent Enemy – Terry Sanderson’s keynote speech from the GALHA weekend event at Whitby. |
A Gay Rite of Passage – Nigel Collins, Ceremonies Co-ordinator of the British Humanist Association, writes about Humanist affirmation ceremonies for lesbian and gay couples. |
Letter from America – Sukie de la Croix in the arms of Morpheus. |
CD |
Jonathan Sanders reviews Housman: A Shropshire Lad (Alan Bates / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / Graham Johnson) and Ravel: L’Enfant et les Sortilège / Shéhérazade (Soloists / Orchestre symphonique de Montréal / Charles Dutoit). |
Video |
Leni Miller reviews Pleasure Zone and Trance. |
Books |
Diesel Balaam reviews State of the Queer Nation: A Critique of Gay and Lesbian Politics in 1990s Britain, by Chris Woods. |
Jim Herrick reviews Angus Wilson, a biography by Margaret Drabble. |
Terry Sanderson reviews Another Fine Dress: Role-Play in the Films of Laurel and Hardy, by Jonathan Sanders. |
Postbag |
Outing: a comfort to the enemy? |