| News and Views | GALHA events update. |
|---|---|
| National Secular Society opposes Vatican’s status at the United Nations. | |
| Ingersoll Centenary Event goes on the road. | |
| Outcast Magazine launched. | |
| Living with the Enemy. | |
| World Watch – news from Denmark, Finland, Norway and the United States. | |
| Obituary | Obituary for David Storey by . |
| Obituary for John Roles by . | |
| Web Watch | looks at the development of lesbian and gay partnership law over the last ten years. |
| Features | Born of Mary: looks back at the inception of the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association and its achievements over its first twenty years. |
| England’s Ginsberg – profiles the British gay humanist writer Royston Ellis. | |
| CD | reviews Russian Images, sung by Vassily Savenko accompanied by Alexander Block; Shostakovitch’s Symphony No. 15, played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti; and Britten Choral Edition No. 3, with the Finzi Singers and Lichfield Cathedral Choristers. |
| Theatre | Out and About in Edinburgh – reviews some performances at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe and takes in the Book Festival. |
| Books | reviews George Eliot: The Last Victorian, by Kathryn Hughes. |
| reviews Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity, by Bruce Bagemihl. | |
| reviews Catherine Cookson: The Biography, by Kathleen Jones. | |
| Postbag | A study of homosexuality and bisexuality in Islamic cultures. |