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News and Views
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Pope reinforces Catholic queer hatred.
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Ratzinger invitation “verges on insanity”.
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Labour’s drive to force through hate bill.
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First humanist wedding performed in UK.
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Stonewall says croeso to new campaign.
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Film depicts victims of religious hate.
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Thank you for your kind words, Madam President.
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Church of England panel to probe church queer row.
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Tatchell condemns Palestinian outrage.
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Galloway’s respect for faith schools.
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Homophobic priests warned in Scotland.
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World Watch edited by George Broadhead – news from Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands.
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| Obituary |
Obituary for Jack Nichols by Vern Bullough.
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Features
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Go to Hell! Do Not Pass GO, Do Not Collect £200 – William Harwood ponders on whether the new man in the Vatican will send suicide bombers directly to Hell – for he has the power, we’re told.
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New Pope, Old Prejudices – In the last issue, Peter Tatchell wrote an alternative obituary for the old pope. Now he assesses the new one – and says his election is a victory for Catholic fundamentalism.
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Creative Thinking – Not! – As US-style creationism creeps into UK schools, Matthew Thompson cautions us to beware of talking snakes.
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A New Tribe in the Name of Islam – In the second part of a two-part article, Younus Shaikh reflects on life for women in Islamic regimes. The first part appeared in the Spring issue.
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Exile, Pride and Queer Crips – Being “disabled” puts a whole new slant on growing up gay, as Charlie Coventry reveals in this personal account.
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Enter the Enforcer – The Pope is dead – long live the bigotry. Matthew Thompson asks why Catholics’ hang-ups with sex continue, in spite of the lack of corresponding edicts in the gospels.
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Stateside Gossip – Warren Allen Smith brings us his quarterly roundup of celebrity gossip.
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Gossip
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Building Friendships with Steven Dean.
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Infidel – a mildly irreverent look at what some people find sacred.
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Books
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Andy Armitage reviews Humanism, by Barbara Smoker.
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Andy Armitage reviews Gossip from Across the Pond, by Warren Allen Smith.
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Andy Armitage reviews 121 Days of Urban Sodom, by Jacqueline Phillips.
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Andy Armitage reviews With Angels and Furies, by John Sam Jones.
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David Williams reviews Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric, by Veronica Buckley.
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Postbag
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Labour’s record on gay rights.
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