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News and Views |
Humphrys backs Humanists – radio and television presenter John Humphrys reveals his empathy with the Humanist outlook. |
Atkins’ conversion – A Sun article by the anti-gay writer Anne Atkins is ruled to have failed to distinguish between comment, conjecture and fact. |
Humanism – Barbara Smoker’s introductory booklet is to be reissued. |
Welsh weekend – plans for GALHA’s 1998 weekend gathering in Wales. |
Humanist lunch co-sponsored by GALHA to be held in June. |
Churches demand exemption from Human Rights Bill – GALHA issues a condemnation. |
Hollow cant posing as contrition – GALHA rejects Evangelical Alliance “apology” for past homophobia. |
World Watch – news from the Netherlands, the United States, Germany, Italy, and the Caribbean. |
Web Watch |
Brett Humphreys looks at the sites of the Asociación Triángulo Rosa, the Rainbow Icon Archive and the viciously homophobic Westboro Baptist Church. |
Features |
Hate Comes to Provincetown – John Lauritsen reports on the Westboro Baptist Church’s visit to his home town as part of their ongoing anti-gay crusade. |
The Netherlands’ Road to Humanism – Tony Akkermans describes the post-war enlightenment in his native country. |
Sexuality in a Post-Homophobic Era – Peter Tatchell offers further thoughts on the evolution of sexuality in a more enlightened culture. |
Gossip from Across the Pond – Warren Allen Smith writes about gay atheist musicians Virgil Thomson, Lou Harrison and Ned Rorem. |
Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) – A Man of Our Time – Jim Herrick pays tribute to the great composer. |
CD |
Terry Sanderson reviews Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 (Sony Essential Classics). |
Video |
Diesel Balaam reviews A Toute Vitesse, directed by Gaël Morel. |
Beth Cullen reviews The Watermelon Woman, directed by Cheryl Dunye. |
Books |
Ted McFadyen reviews Speaking Out: Sex, Law, Politics and Society, by Antony Grey. |
Derek Lennard reviews Breaking the Silence – Human Rights Violations Based on Sexual Orientation, published by Amnesty International UK. |
Antony Grey reviews Sexuality, Morals and Justice: A Theory of Lesbian and Gay Rights and the Law, by Nicholas Bamforth. |
Jim Herrick reviews Monument, an anthology of poems by Labi Siffre. |
Postbag |
Responses to Diesel Balaam’s article in the previous issue. |